Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War, credited to Ambrose Bierce, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War, by Ambrose Bierce Read by Winston Tharp. 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
• Author credits: Ambrose Bierce
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 1:40:14

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• history
• memoirs
• war stories

Track guide

1. 01 - On a Mountain — 12:16
2. 02 - A Little of Chicamauga — 10:43
3. 03 - A Crime at Pickett's Mill — 22:32
4. 04 - What I Saw of Shiloh — 16:19
5. 05 - Four Days in Dixie — 22:24
6. 06 - What Occurred at Franklin — 16:03

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