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Personal Narrative: How The War Changed My Life

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The war changed my life forever. I came from a small of Redding, Connecticut. I lived with my parents and my twin brother. We loved each other, we worked together, played together, and fought together. When we grew up we both decided to go to Yale. We both were in the our fourth year of college when the war started, 24 years old. One gloomy night I thought to myself about the war. The war was getting very serious. I thought that how about if I war. I have always wanted to be part of something big. In my mind I couldn’t decide which side I should be on. I hated the idea of slavery and decided to support the South. If my parents found out they would kill me.I told my brother and he said I am going to regret it, stick with your mind. He never told parents. Then I joined the South. I was a very respected soldier. Whenever we got food I was the first one served. When we got to sleep I got the best bed. I was physically fit. Everyone trusted me with their lives. In one year I was promoted to General in one year. I had to lead people in battle. Everything was going really fast, I had not heard from my brother nor my parents, but I did not care. I was caught up in the war. I had a private mission from General Grant. I had to uptown to Georgia heard there were spies there. It was around ten miles. When I arrived there were …show more content…

We discussed war and how it was going. Everything was good with war. Just then I had to get a map from the corner, he shot me. It was not a fatal wound. All he said to me was sorry and ran away from the camp. At that time I didn’t think, I grabbed my rifle and ran after him. He had a five mile head start on me. I would catch up. I had two shots on the gun. I came very close to him and shot him. I didn’t know if the shot had hit him. I blacked out right after that. I woke up after two weeks. Soldiers told me I was out for 6 days. They told me my brother was a double agent and had

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