Curiosidades

He had 12 brothers and sisters, and their rather eccentric father had given them all names that started with the letter "A". In order of birth, the Bierce siblings were: Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia and Aurelia.

He was shot in the head by a Confederate sniper in the summer of 1864 at the Battle of Kennesaw Mt. in northwest Georgia.

Thought to have died somewhere in Mexico. Many believe that he was killed while an observer in a battle between the forces of Mexican rebel Pancho Villa and federal troops. The body was never found.

Exact date and place of death never determined.

He was one of the best known journalists of the the last quarter of the 19th century. While working for William Randolph Hearst's "San Francisco Examiner", Bierce doggedly campaigned to bring down Collis Huntington, owner and president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He won the battle in the US Senate and Huntington was forced to break up his railroad conglomerate. Bierce later spoke out vehemently against the Spanish-American War, though his boss, Hearst, is credited as one of the war's principal agitators.

Served for three years on the front lines of the American Civil War as part of the 9th Indiana Volunteers. He was shot in the head by a Confederate sniper in the summer of 1864 at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in northwest Georgia.

Was estranged from his wife after finding letters from a supposed lover. They were divorced a year before she died.

He and his wife, Mollie Day, had three children: Day Bierce, born December 1872; Leigh Bierce, born April 29 1874; and Helen Bierce, born October 1875.

Hero of the Edgar-winning (1958) short story "The secret of the bottle", by Gerald Kersh.

According to the San Francisco Call, June 7, 1907, Bierce's daughter, Helen, received a decree of divorce in Carson City, Nevada, the previous Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and at 4 p.m., she married another man. The same judge granted the divorce decree and performed the wedding ceremony.