The Confederates: A Short Story

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Smoke fills the air around me. A loud bang echoed through the smoke. Instinctively I ducked behind one of the boulders that littered the ground. A bullet whizzed over my head. That was close. I thought, breathing heavily and choking on smoke. The day was almost over and I was relieved. The day had been filled with fear and stress. We were the Union’s last line of defence. We were the one thing preventing the Confederates for overwhelming us all. If we failed the Confederates would win and all would be lost.
Finally, the day ended. We had lost many men and many were suffering from wounds, but we beat the Confederates and saved the Union. Those who survived would be able to carry that pride in their hearts and pass the story on to their children

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