Word: skirimish
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...hoping for death at the first cannon's mouth. Long before he got into his first battle he learned that there was more to soldiering than stopping a bullet. A Creole camp-follower in Nashville did her share in dimming Diana's image. And in his first skirimish Robert found there were too many things happening to think about glorious death. The first sight of a Confederate charge was too much for Robert and his pals; they ran like stags. And there was nothing glorious in being wounded: he thought someone had punched him in the side with...
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