![]() It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Annotated) as its meant to be heard, narrated by Kevin Yancy, K. A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest-a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank, armed. Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners-two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. The arrangement of the troops has An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. ![]() A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. ![]()
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