An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

No, Farquhar did not actually burn the bridge. It is the Owl Creek bridge from which he is ultimately hanged, so we know that any attempt he made to destroy it was unsuccessful.

The story's setting is in the South during the Civil War. The narrator of the story recounts a tale told to him by his friend, one Sergeant Raymond, who tells him about a man named Peyton Farquhar...