hat do you discover has happened to Farquhar at the end of Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

He is shot by a Union soldier.

He drowns in the river.

He escapes the Union Army.

He has died from hanging.

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At the end of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," it is revealed that Farquhar has died from hanging. The narrative illustrates his escape through a vivid imagination as he experiences what he believes to be a successful flight to freedom, but this is ultimately a product of his dying thoughts just before he is hanged.