# Captain Coulter — In the Midst of Life character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Coulter

**First appearance:** 0016-the-affair-at-coulters-notch

## Who they are

A Union officer involved in a deadly affair.

## In the story

### [The Affair at Coulters Notch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/the-affair-at-coulters-notch)

Young artillery captain ordered to place a single gun in the notch against twelve enemy guns; shows reluctance and later found in cellar holding his dead wife and child.

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