Chapter 22 (RBoC)

Henry's self-confidence is huge at the beginning of the chapter, especially since he can just stand there and watch the battle for a while. While looking around, Henry notices to one side that a couple of regiments are fighting like the rest of the war doesn't matter, and their battle is most important. To the other side Henry sees a brigade of soldiers running the enemy out of the forest. All of the men on the battlefields were fighting intensely, but after a few minutes, the Union was winning. Suddenly fighting breaks out near the wood and the upper-hand in the battle keeps going back and forth. Once the fight reached Henry's regiment, they unleashed their fury on them. Still Henry isn't fighting, just watching... but he doesn't feel like he's useless. The enemy was getting dangerously close, but the regiment took care of them and sent them back to the fence area where they came from. Everyone in the regiment wants to keep the ground because they were called mule-drivers.
Henry thinks that his dead body on the battlefield would be the ultimate revenge to the general who called them mule-drivers and mud-diggers. Henry notices that the regiment is getting smaller and smaller but also sees that Wilson and the lieutenant are still alive.

Response- Pretty vivid battle. I could picture it easily, so it was good. Henry does need to fight though, if he notices that the regiment is way small now! duh!

Question- It said that the lieutenant was swearing like it was his last ones, does that mean the battle is almost over or he is going to die?