Beginning with the titular town's loss of "several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen," FTP, identify this story about the Duchess, Uncle Billy, Tom Simson, and John Oakhurst, a tale by Bret Harte.
Accompanied by an accordion played by Piney Woods, a group of people in this short story sing a song with the refrain, "I'm proud to live in the service of the Lord, and I'm bound to die in his Army."  The grave of one of the title characters is discovered in the end, with the epitaph reading that he struck some bad luck on the 23rd of November, 1850, and handed in his checks on December 7th.  Beginning with the titular town's loss of "several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen," FTP, identify this story about the Duchess, Uncle Billy, Tom Simson, and John Oakhurst, a tale by Bret Harte.
Accompanied by an accordion played by Piney Woods, a group of people in this short story sing a song with the refrain, "I'm proud to live in the service of the Lord, and I'm bound to die in his Army."  
The Outcasts of Poker Flat