# Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2

Author: Patten, William, 1868-1936 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16556

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Short+Story+Classics+%28American%29+Vol.+2+Patten&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_ John William De Forest (born March 36, 1826, in Seymour, Ct.) at the outbreak of the Rebellion abandoned a promising career as a historian and writer of books of travel to enlist in the Union army. He served throughout the entire war, first as captain, then as major, and so acquired a thorough knowledge of military tactics and the psychology of our war which enabled him, on his return to civil life, to write the best war stories of his generation. Of these "The Brigade Commander" is Mr. De Forest's masterpiece. Solidly grounded on experience, and drawing its emotive power from our greatest national cataclysm, like a Niagara dynamo the story sends us a thrill undiminishing with the incre...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/short-story-classics-american-vol-2-16556/chapters/21/index.md)