In the Midst of Life

In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of twenty-six short stories originally published in 1909 detailing the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. Ambrose Bierce's stories about Civil War soldiers include&quote;A Horseman in the Sky,&quote;&quote;An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,&quote;&quote;Chickamauga,&quote;&quote;A Son of the Gods,&quote;&quote;One of the Missing,&quote;&quote;Killed at Resaca,&quote;&quote;The Affair at Coulter's Notch,&quote;&quote;The Coup de Grace,&quote;&quote;Parker Adderson, Philosopher,&quote;&quote;An Affair of Outposts,&quote;&quote;The Story of a Conscience,&quote;&quote;One Kind of Officer,&quote;&quote;One Officer, One Man,&quote;&quote;George Thurston,&quote; and&quote;The Mocking-Bird.&quote;Bierce's stories about the lives of civilians during the Civil War period include&quote;The Man Out of the Nose,&quote;&quote;An Adventure at Brownville,&quote;&quote;The Famous Gilson Bequest,&quote;&quote;The Applicant,&quote;&quote;A Watcher by the Dead,&quote;&quote;The Man and the Snake,&quote;&quote;A Holy Terror,&quote;&quote;The Suitable Surroundings,&quote;&quote;The Boarded Window,&quote;&quote;A Lady from Red Horse,&quote; and&quote;The Eyes of the Panther.&quote;