An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The collection that holds An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Chickamauga and A Horseman in the Sky, written by a writer who fought at Shiloh. Its soldier stories show the war without glory, and its civilian tales, like The Boarded Window, turn quietly to horror.

Ambrose Bierce

A small boy wanders into the woods playing soldier and meets a line of wounded men crawling away from the battle. A short, brutal story about one of the bloodiest fights of the Civil War, seen through the eyes of a child.

Ambrose Bierce

Two of his best war stories in one volume: a young officer who rides alone toward a hidden enemy, and a Union sentry who has to choose between his duty and his father. Includes an introduction by the writer W. C. Morrow.

Ambrose Bierce

Bierce's own memories of the war, from What I Saw of Shiloh to A Little of Chickamauga and The Crime at Pickett's Mill. Read it next to his stories and you'll see how much of his fiction he lived first.

Ambrose Bierce