Fictional Letter of Professor Richard Bucher Clarence from 1066

Today is the day before we go over the top. I’m dreading it, dying or

The cold, stormy night was all too familiar to the English. A devious plan by Spain's king, Philip II, was being formed to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and rid the world of the English "heretics."1 It was a story of deception, false judgments, and poor planning. What was one king's dream turned into his country's nightmare. While the Spanish had bad leaders, the English had good ones. The Spanish had bigger, but slower ships, while the English had smaller and faster ships. The English knew the weather conditions and how to prepare for them, while the Spanish thought it would not be a problem. The English entered the battle in a calm manner, while the Spanish were overconfident. All of these

Hey, how are you all doing out there ? Well, me I have just been trying to stay healthy and keep my head high so I can make it back to the only thing I have and that’s you all “my family”. I try not to think about you all too much because when I think about what's going on out there it makes me mad and I am so tired ‘’omg’’. We don't eat that much during war but when we get back to the base we eat pretty good, well actually really good. I notice that a lot of people donate food and medicine and first-aid kits too. I just got an Lee-Enfield rifle and it's a pretty nice gun, it can hold 10 bullets. I just been waiting to use it on, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, and there are some

So, It has three days since news passed of the Declaration of Independence and I have been thinking about it since. It was and is still very shocking to hear that the colonies are actually coming through with breaking away from Britain. Here in Boston, King George III has taken away countless rights from us and forced soldiers into our homes. That is just plain wrong and I am more then willing to fight for my freedom in these situations. What do I even have to loose, I am as poor as a church mouse, I have only a few friends and my small family is so far away. How I see it, the people who wrote this Declaration of Independence just want the rights they should have had in the first place.

Tonight is our last night in Valley Forge. General Washington says we’re moving out sometime tomorrow. The British had left Philadelphia and there are plans for us to zone in. After being stationed here for six months, I can’t say that I’ll miss it. If the British army had seen us during the first few winter months, they would have assumed that their work was all but done. They would only have to wait until all fourteen-hundred of us all died off or packed up and went home. The winter in Valley Forge was tough; there was a limited amount supplies and illness was common, but General Washington kept us together and Baron von Steuben helped turn us into an army to look out for.

I have received another letter from you and I was glad to hear from you. I am well and I hope these few lines will find you the same. I have been out on picket 3 days and we have to go out on picket again tomorrow and stay 3 days longer. We have got to stay here this winter to guard this place here. If we do, I shall have a good time, I think. It is cold here and the rain is cold There ain't much news here -- only to say the army [is] a moving. They have all gone out of the valley here. They are moving toward Richmond. They will have a big battle in a few days. They think that will close up the fighting. I hope so.

I received your welcome letter of the 6th yesterday. I was just thinking about writing, thinking my last post miscarried, and now hasten to inform you that those varmints arrived looking ugly as possible and departed for a place where they sometimes have hot weather.

We are now on the Antietam Creek on picket. It is raining hard but our Company is on the reserve and we are in a barn under cover. The fight at Gettysburg was a hard one and a heavy loss to rebels. Our regiment did not get into it enough to lose any. Our Brigade have followed the rebels right up. We have taken a good many stragglers from their army. We have been within two or three miles of the rebels rear guard all the way. I met with quite a heavy loss last night. I lost all the money I had about thirty dollars. I had it out of my pocket to get some change & in a short time I missed it but I could not find it. The want of the money is more than the value here. We went into the woods to stay over night and one of the boys was going out to get some bread & I gave him some change to get me some. We got orders to go out on picket & our Lieutenant gave me an order to go to the commissary to get sugar & then I missed the money. As luck would have it I had let some to some of the boys or I would [have] lost more. It seems bad but we have all got to have our ups and downs in this world I suppose. So I shan't borrow any trouble about it. It might

I am Captain Gadde and I am a English soldier. I was creating a new colony in the new world. This is my story...

Civil War soldier letter (Albert) A Jones, Co A 19th Reg CV (Connecticut Volunteers), In Camp Near Alexandria, 4 pages in bold and easy to read pencil, we left Litchfield Station, got to Philadelphia and marched to Soldiers Relief and had breakfast and dinner in one meat and coffee, got to Baltimore, went to B (altimore) Sol (dier) Relioef and dhad supplier and slept in the Depot, marched to Washington and marched into a building that smelled worse than our ?Hag Jsen? ever did, were so hungry that we managed to swallow their greasy ditch water that they called coffee and some of their bread and meat.

After a night of rain, waking up in the chilly morning was very hard. Especially today, because Caleb and I slept outside for the night because it was our turn in the rotation for sleeping outside. We woke up at around 7:30, and sat down at the table for your breakfast. Today, we were having pancakes to full up for the day. Decent meal, just the rest of the food on this trip, not the best, not decent. After breakfast, a couple people from our boat went over to the Rio Dorado boat, and some people for that boat came to us. So today was different, with a change of crew, we were in for a change of tone in sailing. By the end of the day, it was a super successful day of sailing. We were simply cruising, with constant winds we were able to hit speeds

O, do not wish one more ! rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my lost, that he which hath no stomach to his fight, let him depart; his passport shall be made and crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that men’s company that fears his fellowship to die with us. Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, but he’ll

During the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 ships from the Royal Navy as well as hundreds of civilian ships helped to save the thousands of stranded soldiers. But one is well known, a paddle steamer named ‘The Medway Queen’ made a total of seven round trips to Dunkirk, successfully rescuing more than 7,000 soldiers. Today, many movies have depicted different parts of World War 2, Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan has caused enthusiasm about the specific event. Many movie critics have been trying to find what’s fact against what's fiction.

It is true that I acted boldly, brazenly, wantonly...and I confess, I have only myself to blame. I knew what sort of man I was dealing with, knew Gawain Lammergeier was a rogue and a thief. Yet when I schemed to seduce him and reclaim what was rightfully mine, I never imagined I would succumb to the charms of this reckless, golden-haired scoundrel.

We have all witnessed the terrible scenes near Portus Felix of yesterday. The news keep coming and unfortunately many of them aren't as good as we would have hoped. Yesterday was a day of hope for those risking their lives in order to protect our Kingdom. Those who sacrificed themselves will forever remain in our hearts and memories. But their legacy is not yet preserved. Those who dared challange an