# Captain Armisted — In the Midst of Life character guide

> Captain Armisted in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Armisted

**First appearance:** 0024-the-story-of-a-conscience

## Who they are

A dark, saturnine Confederate officer with a bloodied handkerchief bound about his brow, he speaks the words that sink another man's world away from his feet.

## In the story

### [Concerning the Wish to Be Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/i-concerning-the-wish-to-be-dead)

Requests a commission from the Governor, revealing his desire to die in battle due to his wife's infidelity.

### [II: How to Say What Is Worth Hearing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/ii-how-to-say-what-is-worth-hearing)

Battle-scarred and grayed, he refuses the Governor's handshake and calmly commands his company under enemy fire.

### [The Fighting of One Whose Heart Was Not in the Quarrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/iii-the-fighting-of-one-whose-heart-was-not-in-the-quarrel)

Leads a desperate rescue of the Governor, breaking his arm in combat and fighting with a revolver.

### [The Great Honor the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/iv-the-great-honor-the-great)

Deceased; his body lies among the dead, and a letter from Julia falls from his pocket.

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