“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is the most famous of these stories. He had also stored up enough memories to provide material for nineteen short stories about the war. By the time the war ended in 1865, he had fought in numerous major battles, worked as a military mapmaker, and been severely wounded in the head. In September 1861, just a few months after the Civil War broke out, nineteen-year-old Ambrose Bierce joined the Union army in Indiana. A short story set in Alabama during the American Civil War, around 1863 published in 1891.Ī Confederate civilian being hung by Union soldiers vividly imagines making an escape.Įvents in History at the Time the Short Story Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Short Story Was Written
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