A Battle Piece
By Haycox, Ernest
On the eve of the Battle of Long Island, a weary New England sergeant finds himself marching beside proud Maryland troops divided by region, class, and temperament but bound for the same brutal test. As dawn breaks, suspicion and bravado give way to the chaos of one of the Revolution’s earliest major clashes. Ernest Haycox turns a single engagement into a vivid study of courage, prejudice, and hard-won fellowship under fire. This powerful historical short story captures the human cost and shared spirit at the birth of the American nation.
Publisher: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine)
First published: 1926