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This chapter recounts the harrowing experience of Confederate Private Green W. Hodge at the Battle of Cold Harbor, where he narrowly avoids death. It presents a striking moment of compassion when a Union captain chooses to help him instead of delivering a lethal blow, underscoring the duality of war’s brutality and humanity.

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