During Henry's flee from the battle, he came upon another battery.  He got closer to the general, hoping to overhear his conversation.  The general had said that they held them.  Henry's regiment had held off the enemy!  Henry felt horrible, weak, and like a coward because he had run away from fear while some other stayed and fight and won.  Henry walked away from the soldiers, away from the noise, and away from the battles.  He walked into the thicker woods because he felt that he had let his regiment down.  He wanted to get away from all of the noise; he couldn't take it.  He compares himself to a squirrel that ran away from him when he threw a pine cone at it.  Then, Henry sits against a tree and a dead man starts walking towards him.  I don't understand this part at all.  Anyways, Henry runs away from the corpse as he did the battle field.  Then he hears a loud noise.  He starts running towards the noise and the battle.  Thats quite ironic that he is running towards the war instead of away from it.