Now, let us begin, yes? What shall I speak of on this night? Perhaps a tale of honor and a blood stained sword? Or one of love by a moonlit fountain? Shall we hear of sacrifices made and friends lost? Or of vows renewed and embraces given? The choice, my friend, is yours. I have endeavored to make all of these equally worthy, but there are here for your pleasure, and I but do the best I can.

A Day of Glory- This is a work of historical fiction taken from Julius Caesar's The Civil Wars, Book III. It is set after the Battle of Pharsallus and tells of the death of a Roman centurion, Crastinus.

Valor in Gray- This chapter is not my own and is in fact the first chapter in a very good book about those men awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor. The entire book is not on-line but only the first chapter. I strongly recommend this book. Buy it. Read it. Love it.

The Greeks at Thermopylae- This is the tale of the infamous stand of four hundred Spartan soldiers and their king against a Persian army rumored to be two million strong.