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Ambrose Bierce

Soldier, Journalist, and Author Amid the firsthand accounts of the Civil War that flooded the market in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the writings of Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce spoke in a distinctive, often cynical voice that reflected the carnage and horror of battle. Although Bierce earned 15 commendations for his service as a Union soldier, he defined valor as “a soldierly compound of vanity, duty, and the gambler's hope.” Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, on June 24, 1842, the son of a poor farming family, the 10th of 13 children, all of whom received names beginning with the letter “A.” The family moved frequently, eventually settling in Indiana. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Bierce, Ambrose]

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