Due to unknown circumstances of an imperious nature, the protagonist of this story is unable to take service in the gallant army which fought the disa
Due to unknown circumstances of an imperious nature, the protagonist of this story is unable to take service in the gallant army which fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.  He is about 35 years old, has grey eyes, and is a planter from an old Alabama family, but at the end of the story his body swings beneath the timbers of the titular structure.  FTP, identify this 1891 story, which features the death by hanging of Peyton Farquhar, a work of Ambrose Bierce.
Due to unknown circumstances of an imperious nature, the protagonist of this story is unable to take service in the gallant army which fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.  
"An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"