In the Midst of Life
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of twenty-six short stories detailing the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. These include A Horseman in the Sky, Chickamauga, The Applicant, A Holy Terror, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridgeperhaps his most famous story of alland twenty-one other disturbing tales. Their messages about the horrors of war live on vividly to this day.