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Court martial ends in execution of a seventeen year old spy
An American soldier recalls a Civil War night when a young Confederate-appearing prisoner, James Trank of unknown regiment, is tried by a drumhead court. Though seeking mercy, the boy is executed by firing squad after a blindfolded gaze at blue eyes. The narrator notes the tragedy and pity for a boy deemed a spy.
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