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Eighteen-year-old Private Henry Fleming, remembering his romantic reasons for enlisting as well as his mother's resulting protests, wonders whether he will remain brave in the face of fear, or turn and run.
He is comforted by one of his friends from home, Jim Conklin, who admits that he would run from battle if his fellow soldiers also fled.
The enemy quickly regroups and attacks again, this time forcing some of the unprepared Union soldiers to flee.
Only after he reaches the rear of the army does he overhear a general announcing the Union's victory.
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