I found this to be a pretty thought-provoking story to say the least. As you touched upon in class, it gives a very interesting perspective to this common event. From day one, humans are trained to think of their "enemies" as simple beasts to be killed. They don't realize that their enemies are people too, and that they each share similar thoughts, emotions, and lives.
This particular story puts us into the world of a wealthy plantation owner who decides to support the confederacy in his own way. The thing that struck me was that there is no escaping death. While perhaps this wasn't what the author wanting to portray at the time, it is the first thing that comes to my mind. Even the higher ups in society, the aristocracy, plantation owners, nobility, etc. cannot escape death. It is the one thing money cannot fix. With the Unions statement of "we will kill anyone near our bridge no matter who they are," they were basically saying that whether peasantry or gentry, everyone is to be held accountable, and no one is immune to death.
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