Personal Narrative: The Civil War

The Civil War had started a few months ago. Me, Abe Kirk, and my dad, Joe Kirk, had volunteered to fight. We had to travel from Ohio to Gettysburg, where my first battle would be. I had made a few buddies; one of them, Barren, was about 36. He had a .58 Caliber Rifle; one of the best guns around at the time.
We had gotten to the battlefield, and right off the bat, Barren got shot in the shoulder. He didn't feel any pain, and he told me he would be okay. He gave me his gun and he said, “Hide and don't let any soldiers see you.” I was terrified. My dad was laying on the ground about 15 yards from me, his leg was covered in blood. I started to cry, then I heard sticks snapping and I shut up and pointed my gun in the direction, then a confederate soldier had …show more content…
I seen the house or at least where it had been burnt to the grown, and it was still smoking. My mom and my sister were nowhere to be seen. I heard men coming lots of them. There were horse pulling cannons and then I seen the confederate flag. I hid in the weeds, but they could still see my horse. A man walked up to me and said, “son the call me Stonewall, Stonewall Jackson, I don't want to hurt you kid you can either hop up on that stallion and ride out of here like nothing ever happend, or you can join my army you pick.” I hopped up on my horse and said, “ sir can I ride with you my ma and sister went missin’ and pa had passed away not to long ago he had gangrene.” He told me,” kid you pick ,but if you come with me you fight as a confederate solider.” I said, “ yes, sir I understand.” Then he got on his horse and rode back to the soldiers and they started to walk into the distance. I couldn’t make my mind up on time so I just hopped up on my horse and rode away. I had never heard anything about the war after that I was headed west to live in Oregon country they said if you want to start a new life that's where you want to