Six military men and a company of infantrymen are present, guarding the bridge and carrying out the sentence. Peyton Farquhar, a civilian who is also a wealthy planter and slave owner, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War.
Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream of consciousness narrative mode. The story, which is set during the American Civil War, is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. The San Francisco Examiner, July 13, 1890 ( December 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Use the lead layout guide to ensure the section follows Wikipedia's norms and is inclusive of all essential details. 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.The lead section of this article may need to be rewritten.
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. A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.
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