The Sergeant's Daughter single work   short story   war literature  
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 The Sergeant's Daughter
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Tale of the Civil War. A sergeant persecuted by his lieutenant has to desert from their Dalton camp to visit his dying daughter - and is tracked and killed at the officer's instigation. Revenge follows with his death in battle ... Simple tale of feeling in war. (PB)

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