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Shadows of blue and gray, the Civil War writings of Ambrose Bierce, edited by Brian M. Thomsen

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fiction

Shadows of blue and gray

48241389

edited by Brian M. Thomsen

the Civil War writings of Ambrose Bierce

"Thomsen is also the editor of Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce, which collects 27 stories along with some memoirs and reportage by the journalist, writer, literary critic and former Union Army soldier. Famous for their unflinching look at the brutality of the war, the pieces include "Two Military Executions, " about the execution and revenge of a young soldier sentenced to death for striking an officer; "Bivouac of the Dead, " the classic plea for the recognition of unknown Confederate soldiers in a West Virginia hillside; and "Four Days in Dixie, " Bierce's account of his own imprisonment and escape from Confederates in Alabama."--Publisher's Weekly

Tales told and stories spun: (Chickamauga -- A horseman in the sky -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge -- Two military executions -- The mocking-bird -- A tough tussle -- The major's tale -- A son of the gods -- A man with two lives -- One of the missing -- The coup de grâce -- Killed at Resaca -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- An affair of outposts -- The story of a conscience -- One kind of officer -- One officer, one man -- George Thurston -- Three and one are one -- A baffled ambuscade -- A resumed identity -- A jug of sirup -- Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general -- The other lodgers -- The spook house) -- Memoirs & chronicles (On a mountain -- What I saw of Shiloh -- A little of Chickamauga -- The crime at Pickett's Mill -- Four days in Dixie -- What occurred at Franklin -- 'Way down in Alabam') -- Reminiscence & memoria (A sole survivor -- A bivouac of the dead) -- Afterword