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Henry's Involvement In The Civil War

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Battles come and go, but for Henry it seems that his mind is always in a war zone. It has been three years now since he fought his last big battle. He still remembers the time where he had a mood swing while going into battle. The war zone now feels like his home. Henry has been on a routine for the past three years to keep fit because he never knows when he is going to get called in for another battle. He is not the scared wimpy and weak person that he was back then he is now a brave man ready to roll into action! It is early May and Henry was going on his morning walk while he was walking he heard two men in a shop say “Did you hear about the rebellion army that say they declare war on the U.S?” This news shocked Henry he was wondering …show more content…

Henry packed all of his stuff and was ready to go the army assembled outside and they were in formation. Henry told the army that one of the spies will be waiting at the hills where we will be setting the trap. They finally marched off the site was 40 minutes away from the headquarters. While marching Henry got nervous again and thought about the cons that can happen during the battle. They finally got to the spot and one of the spies. He told the army to stop and he went over to the spie to ask when will the rebellions will be getting here? The spy said “ They are already here” and there it was that moment when gunshots started to fire. Henry was in shock the spy was a double. Henry quickly got on his feet and told his army to take cover by the trees. His men were dropping like flies. He quickly said to fire back. There gunshots going back and forth both armies were losing men. Henry finally thought of something he said to one of the section of the army to go around the hill and attack from behind. Another section of the army were covering for the other section. Finally Henry heard gunshots from behind and he saw the rebellions dropping the cleared on side of the hill and they were moving up and started to take over the battle. Henry sht like a mad man every one of his shots were hitting a

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