Book report

1. words between officers the possible verbal confrontation between the general and the colonel is of great interest to the listening regiment.
4. a set of heavy guns; cannons.
7. of correction Henry's guilt regarding his treatment of the tattered man and the actions he needs to take to alleviate that guilt.
9. charger an officer's beautiful, paint horse.
10. a unit of the U.S. Army comprising two or more regiments.
11. demonstration the perception that, at this point, the regiment is preparing for a protest rather than for a battle.
12. an officer ranking above a first lieutenant and below a major.

1. train the last image which the reader gets of Henry's Union division as it returns from all the battles in which it has participated.
2. missiles of ridicule hurtful cutting remarks; insults.
3. of crimson the flashes of rifle fire.
5. a name given to Confederate soldiers by Union soldiers.
6. looks critical facial expressions.
8. mounted troops.
9. plaintively whining.
10. of death Henry's view of the face of the Confederate color bearer just as he is mortally wounded.