A Sympathetic Solider

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce was an American satirists, short-story writer, and journalist whose literary works were influenced by his experiences as an officer in the Civil War. Many of his literary peaces were cultivated and shaped by the time he spent during 1861 and 1865.
Born in Meigs County, Ohio in 1842, He was the youngest of a large brood of children, whom Marcus, for reasons unknown, anointed with names beginning with "A" (Curran, 295). Bierces family had a history in the military, and once the Civil War started, it was a perfect opportunity for him to make something of his life. He fought bravely in the war, until he was wounded at The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (296). After the war, he had several jobs involving is unique talent for writing. And in 1871, he married Mary Ellen Day, and settled in England where he worked as a writer for a magazine called FUN. They had two sons (296).
The Civil War would prove to be the defining episode of his literary life. Some of his more famo...