pg 370-414.

In this final installment, the officers first order a full scale charge, using up the men's last ounce of energy and enthusiasm. This next act is of extreme significance to the characters and to the depth of the book. Henry and Wilson see a small group of enemy soldiers stay and honorably fight among the others who fled. they also, in the middle of action, see the enemy flag bearer wounded. they both dive, and Wilson gets the flag, which, to him, is extreme accomplishment. The other troops are driven back, and, with knowledge that there were four prisoners, the two friends rest contently. Henry, taking orders to walk back to the river, ponders his experiences of this war. He thinks about the tattered man he left behind, and his successes in battle. At last, he separates his mind from the guilt that he had experienced. Rain starts to pour, and Henry, with a self-reflecting and peaceful mind feels a "quiet manhood" inside himself. The sun breaks through the clouds.