The story of a tangle of friendships and quarrels among two brothers and a friend of theirs, all in different ranks in the same company in the Civil War, and how a dreadful battle brings everything to a head.
First published in the San Francisco Examiner, June 30, 1889.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1891 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | E. L. G. Steele | Collection | 139 |
| 1892 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 121 | |
| 1898 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 135 | |
| 1909 |
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 122 |
| 1910 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 121 | |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 122 | |
| 1918 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 122 | |
| 1926 | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |5 | |
| 1930 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 121 | |
| 1941 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 121 | |
| 1943 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Heritage Press | Collection | 70 |
| 1959 | American Short Stories: 1820 to the Present | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 182 | |
| 1964 | Classic American Short Stories | Barron's Educational Series | Anthology | 179 | |
| September 1965 |
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Der Gnadenstoß: Geschichten des Grauens | Rowohlt | Collection | 17 |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 319 |
| 1971 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | The Easton Press | Collection | 70 |
| November 1971 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 75 |
| 1974 |
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Un călăreț prin cer și alte povestiri | Cartea Românească | Collection | |
| 1981 | The Oxford Book of Short Stories | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 78 | |
| 1981 | The Oxford Book of Short Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 78 | |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 319 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 54 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 54 |
| 1994 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | 77 |
| 1996 |
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Pyhä kauhu: Kuusi kertomusta | Karisto | Collection | 95 |
| March 2012 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| March 2012 |
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Civil War Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection |