Short Story #322: Three and One Are One by Ambrose Bierce
Title: Three and One Are One
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Summary
Barr Lassiter comes from a poor Southern family and chooses to fight for the North despite this putting him at odds with his family. While with the Federal army, they at one point return to his city of origin during a campaign. The city has been taken by the Federal troops and so Barr decides to visit his home. Inside his home, h finds his family members. He tries to talk to them and explain to them but they merely ignore him and leave him. He leaves and as he returns the next day, he encounters a friend who offers to accompany him. As they arrive at the house, it is a burnt out shell and the friend explains that the family had died a year ago when it was bombed.
Barr Lassiter comes from a poor Southern family and chooses to fight for the North despite this putting him at odds with his family. While with the Federal army, they at one point return to his city of origin during a campaign. The city has been taken by the Federal troops and so Barr decides to visit his home. Inside his home, h finds his family members. He tries to talk to them and explain to them but they merely ignore him and leave him. He leaves and as he returns the next day, he encounters a friend who offers to accompany him. As they arrive at the house, it is a burnt out shell and the friend explains that the family had died a year ago when it was bombed. 
Reflection
Once Barr arrived at the house and none of his family members would talk to him, I largely assumed that he was talking to ghosts.
Short Story #322 out of 365
Rating: 2 (out of 5 stars)
Date Read: 9/15/2014
Source: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, compiled by Ernest Jerome Hopkins. Bison Books, 1984. The full works of Ambrose Bierce, including this story can be found here on Archive.org.
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For a full listing of all the short stories in this series, check out the category 365 Short Stories a year.
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