I agree with your comments on romanticizing the Civil War (or any war, for that matter).

The columnist George F. Will was the first person a couple of years back that I heard quote from \"Cold Mountain\" (?) the line (paraphrased) \"In war, I learned how frail the human body is against things sharp and hard\".

That takes any romantic notions right out of the picture for me.

How many other Bierce stories were RMT adapted besides \"The d-mned thing\", \"One of the missing\" and \"Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge\"? I do believe there were others...I believe he wrote a very interesting Civil War tale adapted into the RMT called \"Loser take all\". What was interesting also was that his stories were adapted around real battles:

\"Loser take all\" - The battle of Shiloh
\"One of the missing\" - The battle of Kennesaw Mountain