In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of 26 short stories detailing the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. Ambrose Bierce's stories about Civil War soldiers include:

• "A Horseman in the Sky"
• "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
• "Chickamauga"
• "A Son of the Gods"
• "One of the Missing"
• "Killed at Resaca"
• "The Affair at Coulter's Notch"
• "The Coup de Grâce"
• "Parker Adderson, Philosopher"
• "An Affair of Outposts"
• "The Story of a Conscience"
• "One Kind of Officer"
• "One Officer, One Man"
• "George Thurston"
• "The Mocking-Bird"

Bierce's stories about the lives of civilians during the Civil War period include:

• "The Man Out of the Nose"
• "An Adventure at Brownville"
• "The Famous Gilson Bequest"
• "The Applicant"
• "A Watcher by the Dead"
• "The Man and the Snake"
• "A Holy Terror"
• "The Suitable Surroundings"
• "The Boarded Window"
• "A Lady from Red Horse"
• "The Eyes of the Panther"