Jasper

Did you know that in the civil war brothers sometimes fought on opposite sides? You might know that Abraham Lincoln got rid of slavery but did you know there was a war fought for it? This Historical Fiction story you are about to read will give you a glimpse of what it might have been like to be a man in the civil war time. What is the Historical setting for This Story? My story is in 1862 in the middle of the civil war. This was a war fought between the union (Led by Lincoln) and the confederacy (led by Lee). The union fought to get rid of slavery while the confederacy fought to keep it. This story takes place in Tennessee which is where a lot of the fighting took place. The confederacy wore gray and the union wore blue uniforms. What is True in this Story? The civil war is real, same with all of the weapons. There was a lot of deaths and some innocent people were killed. Brothers fought on different sides in the war which made it a crazy war. It is also true that the union would win and then the confederates would win. What is Fiction in This story? All of The Characters are made up except for Lee and Lincoln. The house and battle was made up but there probably lots of battles like it.
 * Preface

If you want to read more about the story these are the sources I used: Civil War. acsessed Febuary 4th 2010. [] Real armor of god acsessed Febuary 5th 2010. [] Behind Enemy Lines** He rode out of town in the summer of 1860. I was 15 then, barely able to hit a target with a gun. I was taking a nap in the hammock out back when i heard the door quietly open as if someone was trying to sneak in or out. Then I saw Sam my brother tip-toeing off the steps. "Where are you going?" I said lazily. He looked at me in surprise. "Shhhhh" he exclaimed then he straitened up "Im going to the trade market" "Why do you have your gun with you then" I replied getting a little more interested He looked angry with me now and walked into the stable. I decided it didn't matter so I dozed off again in the afternoon sun. awhile later sam rode out of the stable. He made a lot of noise so i woke up. then he started galloping down the road with his horse, pistol. He turned and saluted me. I didn't know it then but the next time I would see him would be ugly. Its been two years since sam left and i wonder if he is dead. Father says if he died he died like a man, fighting to keep the whites on top. He has no doubt in his mind that the confederates are going to win. I totally disagree with him about slavery although i would never be dumb enough to say it to his face. mother sides with him but i think she would like to see slavery abolished. Father says that I should follow my brothers example and fight in the war too. mother stands in the way of that happening though. she cried when sam left and i'm sure if i left it would devastate her. when I was younger sam was like the best brother in the world; when i was sick he would do my chores, when i was bored he would take me to the country to play. sam was always there for me whenever mother or father weren't. I was brought back to earth by father. "john time to get to work" he yelled. "coming father" I yelled back. Just then kumbaya our house slave walked in. I think of him more of part of our family even though father treats him like dirt. "Anything I can get you master?" he said. I hesitated. "Do you think sam will be back?" "Of course he will be back" "No I mean the truth" He came over to me. "Sit down" I say and he thankfully sits down. "Master, if his heart is true and his intentions pure, he will be back" He stood up and walked away. ** The Next day I woke to the sound of battle cries and gunshots. The noise was so deafening I thought my ears would explode. "Stay away from the soldiers, boy" said father I decided that he was probably right. Suddenly, a soldier wearing a tattered blue uniform stumbled in the door. "Help me" he said and then fell down" His nose was as bloody as a waterfall and his boots like a ripped up piece of sandpaper. All of a sudden a group of confederate soldiers walked in. "Harboring the enemy eh?" said a man that looked like their leader, probably from what I know he was a leutenant or a sergent. "No sir he just walked in..." I started to say but father cut me off "Shhh" "Got something to hide?" he sneered. One of his men looked very young and scared. I felt kind of sorry for the guy, about my age and already in one of Americas biggest wars. "Sir I'm going to have to take you in" "I have no part in this war" said father for saying that i admired him even though it might be a little stupid. "Sir I'm going to take you in" he said again but father stood his ground. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the union soldier crawling out of our side door. "Hey, you, don't go anywhere" said the leader but he kept crawling. That was when things got ugly. The leader pulled out his pistol and shot him in the back. Father asked the man several times to not shoot people in his house but the man didn't respond so father got mad "That man hadn't done anything to you!" yelled father but the general kept quiet "Sir, be quiet" said the leader in a calm voice "No" said father. "Alright you brought it upon yourself" He whipped out his pistol and fired on father. The bullet seemed to go slow-mo towards father. Then, the bullet smashed into his skin and made it ripple like a stone into water. He doubled over backwards with his mouth slightly ajar. Mother and I were stunned. Mother came to her senses first. "You monster!" she yelled. She picked up a pan and hucked it at a soldier. It hit him square in the jaw and he went down. "You are just as stupid as your husband!" said their leader and shot mother too. Mother screamed and she too, hit the ground. "Now I bet you are just as stupid, boy." He pointed the gun at me and pulled the trigger. Suddenly out of nowhere Kumbaya went flying into the way of the bullet. He got hit in the shoulder and crumpled to the ground as paper does to the hand. "No more shields left now, boy" said the sergeant "Me, sergent John is going to kill you." Kumbaya suddenly tensed. He pointed his gun at me a me slowly I closed my eyes and tensed waiting for the gun shot and I heard it. But there was no impact on me. Instead I heard another this time followed by a groan. I cracked my eyes open to see a man standing in the doorway holding a big gun. It looked like he was a god. He pulled up his gun and shot another confederate. "Aaaah" yelled the sergent and pushed one of his men out of the way and ran out the door. Now there was only one confederate left, the one that looked super young, and he dropped his weapon and stuck up his hands. The man walked over grabbed him by the collar and said in a menacing voice "Listen up sonny, you go back there and tell lee he better not have any of his men kill innocent people or else" the man paled and stumbled out the door. "Well now whats your name?" he said to me. But before I could say anything I puked my guts out. It just kept coming and coming. "First time you seen someone die?" he said to me. I just nodded. He went over to the other union soilder to help him. I noticed that Kumbaya was still alive so i crawled over to him. "How are you doin?" i asked him. He looked at me as though he were judging me. Then out of his pocket he pulled a faded drawing of an african lady. "Help" he said as if the word was like a dagger. "Save her" he said again. Then his eyes closed and he was silent. The soldier walked over to me. "It's how the war goes sonny" he said sadly. "Yep" I said but deep down inside I knew there was more to it. "Here" he said and held out a pistol and some ammunition. "You never know when a gun will come in handy"I took it and slouched up the stairs as the soldier walked out the door carrying the other half-dead union soldier. I just went to sleep but it took awhile because watching all of those people die had scared the pants off of me. The next day I woke to the sound of some one walking around in our house! I stood slowly and peeked through the crack in my door. I saw the back of a confederate down the hall! I leaped out and pulled the trigger of the .44 colt pistol the soldier had given me. It hit him square in the shoulder blade as he spun around. Then I realized that it was sam! "Sam" I screamed as a glassy look came across his face and he fell to the ground. "Noooooooo" I screamed in terror for he was my last family member. That was it for me, there was pretty much nothing left to live for. I collapsed on the ground because I had lost everything. Then I remembered the sergeant. He had killed my family, almost killed me and killed kumbaya. I wanted revenge and to get it I would kill the man. I stood up and walked out the door. In the distance I could see fighting going on so I went that way. I walked for miles and miles and didn't see a single person and then I saw a hot air balloon flying right above me. At first I thought that they could give me a ride but then I realized I was behind the confederate lines. I didn't exactly look like a confederate with my all-blue shirt. I saw the men pulling out their bombs so I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. They explosion knocked me down and I went sailing into the woods. At least now I was protected from bombs. I was about to run away when I realized that using the hot-air balloon would be much faster than just running so I climbed a tree and got ready to jump. I thought about it for a second. Was this crazy? It didn't matter if I died so I decided to do it. The balloon came closer and closer. Then it was right there and I jumped. The world slowed down and my conscience flew out of my body. I watched my body go sailing through the air at the two stunned faces in the balloon and then suddenly I was back in my body as it flew into the hot air balloon. I slammed headfirst into one of them and he fell off. The other man took a swing at me while was down and it knocked the breath out of me. I stood up painfully and then fell down again. Ironically right before I fell down the man swung at me so he too fell off the edge. I stood looking around wondering how I had won that fight. I noticed that somehow I was going to have to figure out how to fly this thing. So I picked up the rifle and fired behind me. I started floating toward the battle in the distance. I realized that it would be kind of obvious if I went flying over the battle in a hot air balloon so I lifted the rifle and shot the balloon. It whistled and sank to the ground. I leaped out and ran towards the battle ground. I got to the top of a hill and looked down. There was a whole battle unfolding down there before me. I was on the confederate side who seemed to be losing although its hard to tell until the battles over. Then, there in the back of the confederate lines I saw the sergeant. After causing me all of his pain I knew he was going to die. Right behind him I saw an african woman who must have been Kumbayas wife. I charged down at him and stabbed him in the back with all of my strength. His body collapsed and I yanked the knife from his back. Then, I pulled the picture out of my pocket and handed it to the woman. "Kumbaya is dead" I grunted. Then, slowly I brought the cool knife blade up and drove it into my chest. The confederates retreated and a union soldier came to me. "Sunny hang in there" he said. "No" I said "The angels are calling." And with that I let myself go.

__Locked in With Crazy__

// The three friends enter Jake wears a hat sideways, Joey looks around amazed and Billy looks like a dork and wears a helmet. // Jake: Dude, Joey, look at all of this war stuff! Joey: Ya, I didn’t know how fun it could be. Jake: Fun? // Jake and Joey walk ahead Billy stays behind // Billy: Well, I like the gum under the exhibits. //reaches under a ledge pulls out gum then sticks it in his mouth// // Jake and Joey turn around and look at him suspiciously. // Jake: Why is it you get a B in school while I get a D? Billy (//boasting)//: Cuz I am a master. Joey: Let’s go in this old German bunker. Jake: You guys go in there. I think all Germans are evil Joey: Ill have you know that is just a sterotipe // Billy pulls Joey offstage as Joey protests at Jake. // Jake: Weirdo // Jake picks up a lazer gun and points it at things then he rolls around // Jake: Pew Pew Pew. Voice: Closing time. Jake: Wow that went fast Ill go get the guys. //Starts to walk offstage. When a// WWII //grenade flies into his hands.// Jake: What the // Everybody Freezes // Narrator: We interrupt this play as the words that might have come out of Jakes mouth may be innapropriate for small children. Thank you and have a good day. // Everybody unfreezes and Security guard appears behind Jake who chucks the smoke grenade offstage. // S.G.: Vahahahaha I have you now. Jake: Dude, nobody likes a british S.G.: German! Jake: a german guy. S.G. //sounds like dracula//: I have you now Jake: Wow, dude, now you just sound like a vampire. // Jake does spinning ninja kick and nocks S.G. down // Jake: _ on that you _ __// Everybody freezes. // Narrator: We interrupt this play yet again as Jakes Vocabulary is not quite up to par. // Every boy unfreezes Joey and Billy re-enter S.G. exits. // Joey: Whats all the yelling for man Billy: Ya Whats goin on. // Ninja star appears right next to them // Jake: Go! // Jake and Joey roll offstage // Billy: Do you really think I am that dumb, that’s like really old Jake: Idiot // Jake rolls like a ninja onstage grabs billy and runs offstage // S.G.: You vill die ah hahahaha // The friends walk back onstage // Jake: That guys nuts Joey: Ya Billy: Whoa man, he is not a pervert Jake: Crazy Son of a__ Mickey mouse_ French teapot table leg_ __dumb kid. Joey:-- Ya, I’m gonna pretend that didn’t happen Billy: //Look of understanding comes on his face// Oh I thought you meant, but what you really meant, Nevermind Jake: Dude did you remember to take your pill? Billy: What Pill Jake: aww great //Jake falls asleep// Billy: Well I'm gonna do something //walks offstage// Joey: Wait! Jake: Aaah nothin like a power nap Joey //spells it out//: S H U T U P J A K E Jake: Are you trying to spell things out so I won't Understand? //Joey slaps his head// Joey: Yes, that's what i do all day long: think about how I am going to trick Jake Jake: I Knew it! //Joey slaps his head again// Joey: Dip___ Narrator: This time it is Joey Jake: Huh were is that Billy? Narrator: Jake Joey: Well maybe if you werent so Narrator: Joey Jake: Well _ you Narrator: Hey! Is anybody listening to me? //Jake and Joe turn and look at him// Jake: Who the are you? Narrator: I'm the narrator Joey: Well, get off our stage, __we__ are the stars here, not you. //Joey kicks security narrator offstage// Joey //looks like he knows something//: Materials! //Jake and Joey roll offstage then back on// Jake: I got the mentos! Joey: I got the coke! //They roll back offstage// Narrator: 1 hour later //They walk back onstage// Joey: We are done! //Security Guard appears behind them// S.G.: You will die Jake: Yaaay Joey: Oh no S.G.: Make one move and i'll blow your brains out //makes finger guns// //Billy enters looking dumb// Billy: Weeee I can make finger guns to! Jake, Joey: Finger guns?! //They turn around// S.G.: Oh darn //Jake and Joey start throwing coke bottles at S.G. Billy picks up a coke bottle and starts to drink it when it explodes in his face. Then Random guy comes onstage holding a mic.// Random Guy: Hello America, I'm random guy from prankd and you just got prankd! How does it feel kiddies? //Jake and Billy look confused Joey attacks Random Guy. Curtain.//