Emtional impact of Civil war
The Civil War began July1861 when Union troops set out for Richmond, Virginia. They met Confederate forces soon after the left at a small stream in Virginia called Bull Run. The carnage that followed showed the nation that the war was anything but civil. In this war fathers fought sons, brothers fought brothers, and families fought themselves. This no doubt left emotional scars for everyone involved. An example of the emotional impact that the war had left on the soldiers, the families, and the nation is "The Slopes of War" by N.A Perez. This book is about the Summerhill family, which is going through the Civil War. Rebekah Summerhill has three family members who are fighting in the war. Buck Summerhill, Rebekah's brother, is accompanied by his friend Tully Willard. They are both privates in the Union Army. Custis and Mason Walker, Rebekah's cousins, are privates in the Confederate Army. During their childhood Rebekah, Buck, Custis, and Mason were close since the both grew up in the same area. Because of this Buck and Rebekah has the emotional dispute of fighting their own blood in a war.The purpose of this thesis is to show the emotional impact the Civil War had on the people involved. An
http://wonderdog.net/CivilWarSongs/ on 4/29/01 The Prisoner's Hope, George F. Root. From the website: d how " The Slopes of War" portrayed it. I will show examples of this in a letter by Jno. D. Dameron, another letter by JN Bennet, and a song called, "The Prisoner's Hope" by George F. Root. During the civil war, songs were made to either recruit soldiers or to keep soldiers morale high. One such song that that keep morale high was " The Prisoner's Hope". The song is about a prisoner who hopes that one day that his fellow soldiers will free him," So within the prison cell we are waiting for the day, that shall come to open wide the iron door. And the hollow eye grows bright, and the poor heart almost gay, as we think of seeing home and friends once more."(The Prisoners Hope, George F. Root, Verse 5) This song could've of been sung by Mason since he was " in a Northern prison on Johnson's Island In Lake Erie."("Slopes of War", NA Perez, Pg 197) This song shows how being in prison can wear you down," the tears, they fill my eyes." Like how the Summerhill family "sent him (Mason) parcels full of nourishing food, hoping to keep him alive." (Slopes of War, N.A Perez, Pg 197) so that Mason wouldn't die or waste away in the prison, and
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