Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories: Civil War Stories (Paperback)

from JBreedlove

Personal account of the Civil War through short stories. An early O. Henry w a number of surprising and jarring endings. The early stories were better because the later stories were so similar. But a good account of a major destabilizing and long lasting upheaval which changed the country as told...

from snash

A collection of short stories from the civil war by someone who was there. Too gruesome and enamored with war for my taste. Stories end with an ironic twist but often the same twist.

from JLittlefield

No other writer puts the reader into the soul of the soldier better than Mr. Bierce. His experience as a reconnaissance officer gave him the training to observe and repair to the rear with detail etched in mind, which he transcribed into his short stories. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a prim...

from ocgreg34

Ambrose Bierce served during the American Civil War, serving as a cartographer and officer for the Union. In these 16 compelling tales, Bierce conveys the sights and sounds from a soldier's perspective of the war, ranging from being in the heart of battle in "What I Saw of Shiloh" to a young boy ...

from Jack

Obviously a good writer. But stories are fictional. Obviously writer had been extremely depressed when he wrote.