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Noble Bogan ∙
philippic
he wouldn't accept Henry's help
the tattered soldier
shed their knapsacks and everything but necessary equipment
there were other battles still going on around him
the sounds were so big and so impressive that he felt he should see it
He backs away
he found a road and fell in with a crowd of wounded men
He throws a pinecone at it.
a place to die
The artillery wagons would roll over him.
The tattered soldier insinuated he wouldn't die because he had children back home who depended on him.
He started running towards a little clump of bushes.
shrewd
he felt that when soldiers marched there should be a fight at the end of it .
"After he calmed down" could substitute for the phrase "after the fever had left his veins."
allusion
similie
The tattered soldier's neighbor and friend