I've mentioned I'm on a Civil War thing right now.
It started with a chance find of
Confederates in the Attic, a non-fiction book on the modern South's obsession with the American Civil War. Not yet finished, but this is an interesting book and I'll comment more when I'm finished.
The author interviewed Shelby Foote on one of his visits south, which led me to Foote's "Shiloh" and "The Civil War: A Narrative". Neither are available, legally, in ebook format, so I picked up both in paper. Neither started yet.
Also mentioned in a chapter titled "Civil Wargasm" (I love some of Tony's chapter titles) was Ambrose Bierce, who served with Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. Project Gutenberg has a couple collected works including " In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" which includes the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". How have I missed this author? Managed to read the first two stories (including Owl Creek Bridge) this afternoon and they are amazing. Can't wait to finish the book.
Highly recommended.