Story

Duty requires a young man to kill a dying prisoner.

Confederate soldiers near the end of the Civil War, watch a union camp holding a wounded comrade who could 'give them away.' The sergeant fights off rebellion from his own men and orders a young soldier, Deacon, to "take care of" the dying comrade. The man slips into the union camp and kills the dying soldier before he can reveal the unit consists of disguised rebels. Forced to kill by duty, the man prays his choice will not damn him. As he returns, Deacon avoids the Sergeant who cannot see the depth of the choice.

The O-O-O of Scenes. Opening POV is an omniscient one. Even Holman is initially referred to as 'a soldier named.' Dialogue is used to fill in the backstory. (POV character does not enter at the beginning.)

Paragraphs 1 - 4 Motivation comes from Confederates in Yankee uniforms in danger of being shot as spies.

Objective - Sergeant decides to kill the prisoner.
Obstacle - Another soldier, Santos, rebels, says they should have fled immediately.
Outcome - Sergeant shuts Santos up.

Paragraphs 5 - 9
Objective - Same objective of planning to kill the prisoner.
Obstacle - Another trooper, Deacon, offers a second, naiive solution.
Outcome - Deacon backs down to Sergeant.

Paragraphs 10 - 19
Objective - Squelch Santos and rally the squad to his plan.
Obstacle - Santos continues to rebel.
Outcome - Sergeant takes control of the squad with a gun and commanding logic.