Posts Tagged ‘Ambrose Bierce’
April 19, 1861: Ambrose Bierce enlists in the Indiana Volunteers.
On this day in 1861, author Ambrose Bierce became the second man in Elkhart County, Indiana to enlist for service in the Union volunteers after President Lincoln’s call for troops following the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Bierce, who was born in Meigs County, Ohio, was working in a local business that was a…
Read MoreNow the Tax Man Cometh
“Houseless: adj., Having paid all taxes on household goods.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary. (In the United States, all state and federal taxes are due on the 15th of April). Patrick Kerin
Read MoreAmbrose Bierce: What He Saw of Shiloh–April 6-7, 1862
On this date in 1862, American writer Ambrose Bierce participated in the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. Bierce is one of a handful of noted authors from either side to have served in the American Civil War. Bierce and Connecticut novelist John William DeForest were probably the two distinguished writers on the Union side to…
Read More