Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source for several later short stories and the memoir, "What I Saw of Shiloh". In June 1864, he sustained a serious head wound at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and spent the rest of the summer on furlough, returning to active duty in September. He was discharged from the army in January 1865. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (19th C)
Language: English
Keyword(s): literature (1952), adventure (991), history (878), memoirs (122), war stories (45)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - On a Mountain | Winston Tharp |
00:12:15 |
| Play 02 | 02 - A Little of Chicamauga | Winston Tharp |
00:10:42 |
| Play 03 | 03 - A Crime at Pickett's Mill | Winston Tharp |
00:22:31 |
| Play 04 | 04 - What I Saw of Shiloh | Winston Tharp |
00:16:19 |
| Play 05 | 05 - Four Days in Dixie | Winston Tharp |
00:22:24 |
| Play 06 | 06 - What Occurred at Franklin | Winston Tharp |
00:16:03 |