Ambrose Bierce 
Mocking-Bird (A Short Story From The American Civil War) 

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Mocking-Bird (A Short Story From The American Civil War)" is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This story, first published in 1891, forms one of the great antiwar statements in American literature.Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – 1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories often humorous and sometimes bitter or macabre. He spoke out against oppression and supported civil and religious freedoms. A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusions about "courage, " "honor, " and "glory" on the battlefield. He is also noted for his tales of the Civil War, which drew on his own experience as a Union cartographer and officer. He also wrote numerous Civil War stories from first-hand experience of being gravely wounded in the Civil War.