The good guys and the bad guys; a theme to be continued on into the future after all it has done for us in the past.
Bierce's short writing "Chickamauga" and Twain's "A Private History" do originally interpret and deliver a telling of warfare of far different types. Resonating over the overall lay of both works does potentially draw out overlapping relevance. These are not two tales of the Civil War on the front line, taking heavy fire and watching casualties of both sides suffer in misery under amber waves of grey. They are not two tales glamorizing the heroism of high ranking generals, or celebrating the brilliance behind war changing battle strategy's! these are not two compilations of verbiage expressing the brilliance of the war, what it stood for and what it accomplished. These are two works of grammar that highlight the gloomy reality of what its like for those who did not fight the war face to face, and these stories do have their importance. These works provide a dramatic look into the lives of those who were indirectly affected by the civil war. The people who did not pay the ultimate price of death, yet suffered a crippling blow to the quality of life they were living before the war. These reading show how the civilian population was affected by the war, which is a battle fought, yet seldom heard. Aside from this over theme that i feel from these works, i can sense a stylistic similarity in the authors ability to paint the visual imagery of woodland scenes in the readers mind. Both stories have parts that walk you through the woods, and both authors did a great job of making you feel like you have been their and done that. There is also a slightly apathetic humor behind both works, which gives all around horrible circumstances a twisted bit of uplift.