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Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce

Birth
Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Death
c.1914 (aged 71–72)
Chihuahua, Mexico
Cenotaph
Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA
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Author, Journalist. Best known for his classic Civil War story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) and the satirical lexicon "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911). Bierce vanished without a trace in late 1913, allegedly in Mexico while covering the exploits of Pancho Villa. His disappearance is one of literature's great mysteries.
Author, Journalist. Best known for his classic Civil War story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) and the satirical lexicon "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911). Bierce vanished without a trace in late 1913, allegedly in Mexico while covering the exploits of Pancho Villa. His disappearance is one of literature's great mysteries.

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1ST LIEUT CO C 9 IND INF
CIVIL WAR

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Fate of his body is unknown to historians

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Eric Lowman
  • Added: Aug 6, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28826663/ambrose-bierce: accessed ), memorial page for Ambrose Bierce (24 Jun 1842–c.1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28826663, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.