Personal Narrative: My Experience At The Battle Of Gettysburg

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

In the Battle of Gettysburg that took place on July 1, 1863, and ended on July 3, many casualties and injuries resulted from the fighting between those few days, leading to the victory of the Union Army. As mentioned in the Killer Angels, the hospitals were tents where soldiers were treated for their wounds on the battlefield, in the view of anyone and everyone. Amputations were almost every physician’s immediate response to bullet wounds shattering bones, amongst other types of injuries. Medicine was not as advanced back then as it is now, especially in the battlefield. Often, physicians and other medical professionals did not use proper hygienic techniques, which led to further complications due to bacteria and

Amongst almost 3 million Civil War soldiers, over 600,000 lost their lives defending their notions of freedom and liberty in America. Approximately two-thirds of these soldiers, nonetheless, died from disease rather than wounds received on the battlefield. Lack of efficient medicine and health care caused much more impacting damage, as well as scarce, not up-to-date resources, and social divisions between the soldiers. Typically, an average Civil War soldier could expect to face extreme hardships and difficulties in their wartime lifestyles, including bad weather, unprepared, inappropriate clothing, spreading infections, and tensions regarding race and gender. Across

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On April 26th, 1861, a war started that would lead about 2,750,000 men into an inferno of hunger, torture, and outright annihilation that would kill almost 23% of all of the men who joined. The common soldier would suffer through hellish battles, sleepless hours of guard duty, starvation, and long, mind numbing marches which would lead to even more suffering. Men who had come looking for honor and glory would be lucky to leave with their lives. The average life of a civil war soldier would be filled with challenges, but not challenges that could not be overcome. Men not only survived, but thrived under the abhorrent circumstances and lived to tell about it. I was not one of those men, but my story will live on.

We had been walking back from the Jorgensen general store when Jimmy saw a kid his age and they started playing catch. We had been sitting there for hours and my wife had been talking to his wife and they invited us to their wagon train because I had told told them how we don't have one yet. Leaving independence, Missouri tomorrow March 8th.

The food is very dry and hard to swallow. Towards the beginning of the battle, we were nourished fresh meat and vegetables. Now we are receiving canned meat and crackers. The meals are repetitive and some soldiers are refusing to eat, some of them starve to death. I have missed your cooking very much Mary. In any case, the worst part is the trenches. Trenches are a long cut in the ground, which we had to dig for days. We stay in the trenches to fight and since, it is excessively risky to leave we have stayed in for 3 days. We stand in cold puddles of water and mud, up to our lower legs. It has been drizzling for two days in a row and I am apprehensive soon the puddles will ascend to our knees. In addition, standing in puddles of cold water for a long time can result in a foot infection called the trench foot. Some of the soldiers have gotten it already. To add to that, rats slither around the trench bringing diseases and feeding on all the dead bodies surrounding us. On top of all that, our uniforms are covered in lice. Therefore, living in the trenches is very difficult and horrendous. However, compared to the other soldiers, I am very fortunate. Mary, I see thousands of soldiers go every day and their dead bodies surround me. Sometimes I think I made the wrong decision, however, I owe this country

I sat in the front seat of our van with a nervous feeling. I was going to run the 1600 at the second Battle Ground middle school track meet. Exactly a week before I had run the mile 2 times in one day. The first time was on the Amboy track with the big hill. I got a 7:53, breaking my record by 11 seconds for the Amboy track. The second time was at the first Battle Ground middle school track meet. I got a 7:15, breaking my record of 7:33. I was all sore from running the mile earlier in the day. So my goal this time was to break seven minutes

No one is more professional than I. I am a noncommissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers. As a noncommissioned officer, I realize that I am a member of a time honored corps, which is known as “The Backbone of the Army”. For over 200 years the Army has served the people of the United States with citizens who have volunteered to serve. Throughout the years one thing has remained the same, the Army has grown, changed and adapted to meet the needs as an ever-changing world.

I was never really good in school. I graduated high school with a 2.15 GPA, and I blame that on my struggle to focus for long periods of time. Furthermore, I struggled with math and science in high school. I failed geometry twice and chemistry once. To overcome these educational barriers, I employ two things I learned in the military: get the task done and get it done right the first time, and hold yourself accountable for your actions.

Dad can you tell me about world war 1,sure i can son your grandpa told me this story when i was your age it was a cool night on august 31, 1915 it was two thirty-five in the morning.my group was tired because two or three people had to stay up to watchguard every hour or two they swap place that way they all got enough sleep.the germans came so fast we didn’t have a lot of time to react to it,(Dad-I remember this part the most because how your grandpa describe it) it was like nonstop fighting for the next four days when it was over it was like a herd of elephants came through and completely destroyed the place.It was the first of september we got word to move to a different location because they wanted to bomb them that way we had a little time to get better,get more ammo,rest,well we bomb them and according to one of my teammates they were expecting it so they blow up the air crafts.

How I found myself in Gettysburg: this previous weekend my little brother married the love of his life...

My first week at TWI I shadowed Jackie. I remember getting copied on an email asking about REDSTRIPE. I turned to Jackie and asked is this a beer shipment? Jackie laughed and said no it’s a type of shipment. I watched Jackie get email after email and just fly through them. I remember thinking how am I ever going to learn this job. Well 3 short years later I can honestly say I’ve mastered it!! Kidding, I am nowhere near being a master at this job. I can honestly say every day I learn something new and every day there is yet another challenge to conquer and this is part of the excitement of this job mixed with frustration and relief, all of that all rolled into one feeling because it can happen all at the same time. I have a lot to be thankful

“In the Civil War, which lasted four years, about 600,000 young Americans, North and South together, lost their lives.” However many more soldiers were wounded or missing. Many of the men that enlisted never even saw battle. “It was a very common thing for a Civil War regiment on either side to lose about half of its strength in men who either became sick and died or became so ill they hard to get medical

“ BANG!”.It was a cold October day. I was at Fort Meigs. I was excited to watch my brother run cross country. I was at the starting line waiting for the gun to go off.