The Red Badge of Courage

What caused a shower of pine needles?

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The explosion of a shell caused a shower of pine needles.

"A shell screaming like a storm banshee went over the huddled heads of the reserves. It landed in the grove, and exploding redly flung the brown earth. There was a little shower of pine needles."

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The Red badge of Courage/ Chapter 4