Differences in economics, and culture lead to the American Revolution. This lead to the Union and Confederates to both and try to implement what they believe was right. This document was written by William Wheeler in Warren Junction, Virginia, July 26, 1863. He served a Union soldier as a Lieutenant in the 13th New York Independent Battery. War is generally portrayed as a deadly battlefield. However, Wheeler seems to be contrasting himself through his diction and perspective to glorified day to day events.
William begins by immediately saying “DEAR GRANDFATHER AND AUNT” (William), this automatically shows who it is directed to. He then goes on to inform the intended audience of what will be written which will be “those scenes from my (wheeler’s) …show more content…
He uses descriptive words such as “galloping, rattling, limbered, and trotting” to describe the movement of the soldiers” (William). Rather than the author saying they walked or ran, these descriptive words give the reader a better image of the movement of the soldiers as they moved along. It also helps the reader get a better sense of the liveliness of the battle. He also uses descriptive words such as stony and hollow to give us a three dimensional image of what he was seeing. This allows the reader to see a depth in our image that we create. If he just said he saw a road we could have had imagined a lot of things. However, he is marvelous at giving us very specific details of the images he was seeing, and he is very consistent throughout. After reading the passage we see the roads, and the hollow town. We can put ourselves in the image he draws for us. He is not only descriptive of the roads or landscapes but of the interactions between soldiers in the skirmishes. He uses words such as “brisk, and breathless” to describe the fight and the individual soldier (William). It goes on to describe that “there was brisk fighting going on,” allows us to portray an image of a lot of energy, and liveliness (William). These ideas help us imagine that the battle we see is intense, and therefore we can infer that people were dying, guns fired, and blood splattered all over the place. These details give him an honorable place because even after all these intense battles he is still going strong and leading his soldiers onward. “The gun-carriage rattling and bouncing in the air; feed, rations, kettles and everything else breaking loose from the caissons” (William). This is a great example of his explicit word choice. He describes the gun-carriage movement very specifically and that gives use a very good image of the movement. However, he also goes deeper to describe what was in the caissons. This
William begins by immediately saying “DEAR GRANDFATHER AND AUNT” (William), this automatically shows who it is directed to. He then goes on to inform the intended audience of what will be written which will be “those scenes from my (wheeler’s) …show more content…
He uses descriptive words such as “galloping, rattling, limbered, and trotting” to describe the movement of the soldiers” (William). Rather than the author saying they walked or ran, these descriptive words give the reader a better image of the movement of the soldiers as they moved along. It also helps the reader get a better sense of the liveliness of the battle. He also uses descriptive words such as stony and hollow to give us a three dimensional image of what he was seeing. This allows the reader to see a depth in our image that we create. If he just said he saw a road we could have had imagined a lot of things. However, he is marvelous at giving us very specific details of the images he was seeing, and he is very consistent throughout. After reading the passage we see the roads, and the hollow town. We can put ourselves in the image he draws for us. He is not only descriptive of the roads or landscapes but of the interactions between soldiers in the skirmishes. He uses words such as “brisk, and breathless” to describe the fight and the individual soldier (William). It goes on to describe that “there was brisk fighting going on,” allows us to portray an image of a lot of energy, and liveliness (William). These ideas help us imagine that the battle we see is intense, and therefore we can infer that people were dying, guns fired, and blood splattered all over the place. These details give him an honorable place because even after all these intense battles he is still going strong and leading his soldiers onward. “The gun-carriage rattling and bouncing in the air; feed, rations, kettles and everything else breaking loose from the caissons” (William). This is a great example of his explicit word choice. He describes the gun-carriage movement very specifically and that gives use a very good image of the movement. However, he also goes deeper to describe what was in the caissons. This