Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Ambrose Bierce across 5 places, from 1842 to 1913.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 –) was an American author, journalist, and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ambrose Bierce is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ambrose Bierce was documented, and when
24 June 1842exact date
Meigs County, Ohioattested“Bierce was born in a log cabin at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio, on June 24, 1842, to Marcus Aurelius Bierce (1799–1876) and Laura Sherwood Bierce.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
24 June 1842exact date
Horse Cave Creekattested“Bierce was born in a log cabin at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio, on June 24, 1842, to Marcus Aurelius Bierce (1799–1876) and Laura Sherwood Bierce.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
June 1864month
Battle of Kennesaw Mountainattested“In June 1864, Bierce sustained a traumatic brain injury at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and spent the rest of the summer on furlough, returning to active duty in September.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1872 to 1875period
Englandattested“Bierce lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun magazine.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1899 to 1913period
Washington, D.C.attested“In 1899, he moved back to Washington, D.C., and remained a resident until his disappearance in 1913.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
October 1913month
Washington, D.C.attested“In October 1913 Bierce, then age 71, departed from Washington, D.C., for a tour of his old Civil War battlefields.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
Open Quo Fuit to see these 6 presences on the
globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.
In each of these, a source puts Ambrose Bierce and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ambrose Bierce was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1861year
Battle of Rich Mountainmentioned“He participated in the operations in Western Virginia (1861), was present at the Battle of Philippi (the first organized land action of the war) and received newspaper attention for his daring rescue, under fire, of a gravely wounded com…”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1861year
Battle of Philippi (West Virginia)mentioned“He participated in the operations in Western Virginia (1861), was present at the Battle of Philippi (the first organized land action of the war) and received newspaper attention for his daring rescue, under fire, of a gravely wounded com…”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1861year
Western Virginiamentioned“He participated in the operations in Western Virginia (1861), was present at the Battle of Philippi (the first organized land action of the war) and received newspaper attention for his daring rescue, under fire, of a gravely wounded com…”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
April 1862month
Battle of Shilohmentioned“Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source for several short stories and the memoir "What I Saw of Shiloh".”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
May 1864month
West Pointmentioned“Howard, both of whom supported his application for admission to West Point in May 1864.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1873year
Londonmentioned“His first book, The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of his articles, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym "Dod Grile".”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1879 to 1880period
Rockerville, South Dakotamentioned“From 1879 to 1880, he traveled to Rockerville and Deadwood in the Dakota Territory, to try his hand as local manager for a New York mining company.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
1879 to 1880period
Dakota Territorymentioned“From 1879 to 1880, he traveled to Rockerville and Deadwood in the Dakota Territory, to try his hand as local manager for a New York mining company.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
January 1896month
Washington, D.C.mentioned“In January 1896 Hearst dispatched Bierce to Washington, D.C., to foil this attempt.”source: Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from
Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
See Ambrose Bierce on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find
where the two overlap.
