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Denis, Noman, Philipp, Ulf
- intelligent young black private
( Northern Army )
- first enthusiastic --- later scared by the battles
- two soldiers discuss, if they should fight
- private´s mother: doesn´t want her son to fight
- later tells him to do nothing which would ashame him
- during Civil War
- morning, short time before battle
- somewhere on a field where they could see the enemy´s fire
- private remembers how he came to the army
- now afraid of war
- questions himself if he should run away from the battle
- never fought before
- reassured by the two other soldiers who showed him that they are
no fighting machines
- they also question the idea of fighting
