In the book, Rifles For Watie by Harold Keith, the character, Jeff Davis Bussey, shows an immense amount of character development; by the conclusion of the fifth chapter, Jeff is displaying a change in attitude, and an slightly altered personality due to underlying, and more obvious lessons learned by his experiences in the military. In the beginning of the book, bushwhackers harass, and attack the Davis family, after this predicament Jeff states “Pa, I want to go to Fort Leavenworth tomorrow and join the volunteers.”(Ch. 2, Pg. 14) Jeff makes a massive decision to unite with the union and engage against the rebel, to preserve his family, and what he cares for. Later on, when Jeff states his name in its entirety in the military,