Despite overwhelming family pressure, Carter Druse was able to maintain his independence. Growing up as an only child in Virginia, Druse’s father was enlisted in the Confederate Army, which Carter felt was amiss. In his early teens, Carter

Druse, having been able to forsee his future battle decisions, became swollen with bravery. While standing post on a high cliff, Carter watched a wandering enemy. “At that instant the horseman turned his head and looked in the direction of his concealed foeman- seemed to look into his very face, into his eyes, into his brave, compassionate heart” (Bierce 29). Having concern for human life, he could not bring himself to kill an unaware soldier. Soon after watching this strange horseman, Carter realized it was not just some casual soldier, but his father who was riding into enemy territory. With the words of his father still ringing in his ears, Druse realized his only choice; He had to kill his father and save his troops. Without piercing his own family member with a deadly bullet, Carter aimed at the horse, which would lead it’s rider into death’s

home. “�

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