Karma Hi, I’m Hue Small I’m 13 years old. Recently my family was killed. It is June 12, 1863, we live in Pennsylvania. When I say “we” I mean my younger brother Trey and I. My family was really close to each other. I had 2 sisters, 1 brother and then my mom and stepdad. My family was ambushed because my stepdad was a leader of the Union Army. Trey and I were in the back of the woods fishing at a pond. We heard gunshots, we ran back towards the house there were soldiers everywhere, we stayed in the woods hidden behind trees. The Confederate army knew my parents had 4 kids, what they didn’t know was the ages. There were 2 men with them, two men that worked with my dad, the soldiers thought it was Trey and I. We are going to find the men
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It was a nice, wealthy looking village, we heard kids screaming and playing, it smelled like wood burning and there was a lot of smoke. We walked near the entrance and Trey said that some of the kids looked familiar. “Trey , we need to find out where they keep information about the Union Army so we can find out why they chose to kill our family.” “There was a tent back there that said “soldiers only”.” “C’mon Trey, why didn’t you say something?” “Sorry I didn’t know that’s what we came for.” “Whatever, let’s go.” We came up on a small tent that smelled like gunpowder. “Okay, this is it.” Trey said. “Okay I want you to stand out here and watch, if someone comes within 20 yards I want you to distract them then I will slip out the back. When he starts coming towards the tent I want you to say, ‘Have a nice day!’ That will be your way of telling me to get out of there.” “Alright, hurry up so we can get out of this place.” Trey said. I walked into the tent it was dark, there were a few lit candles along the wall, in the middle was a long table with a map. I looked at the map, it showed routes through the woods and the town, and houses where Union Soldiers lived were circled and numbered. It looked to be a hit list because our house had an ‘x’ over it. They are targeting all of the Union Soldiers and their families. I heard voices outside so I moved quickly. Trey was talking to a soldier. “Hey buddy, where is your pin?” …show more content…
I made bread and honey, it tasted sweet. Around 6:30 we went outside to start the trip. First stop we made was to Drew Moreland’s. He has 2 kids, his wife passed away. I explained that everyone was being targeted, he said he will send out a messenger out so we don’t have to tell everyone. Drew had been in the army for about a year now.
Trey and I did some investigating on the map and the route shows that the Confederate is going to ambush the Union on Cemetery Hill. We went to the Union Camp and everyone knew about my family and thanked us for finding out that everyone was being targeted because a few men went to the next house and waited for the Confederates then killed them, they killed about 200 men at 4 houses. I sent Trey to go play with the other kids while I told them that they were going to get ambushed. They sent me back to the Confederate Camp to keep an eye out to see what else they were planning.
I go to the Confederate camp and I sit on the hill in a distance and watch. There were not as many men inside as there were outside, they had 5 men at every entrance then they had men in watch towers. They must’ve found out about their men being ambushed. They had groups of men chatting and the kids weren’t outside, they kept them in the tents for
It was a nice, wealthy looking village, we heard kids screaming and playing, it smelled like wood burning and there was a lot of smoke. We walked near the entrance and Trey said that some of the kids looked familiar. “Trey , we need to find out where they keep information about the Union Army so we can find out why they chose to kill our family.” “There was a tent back there that said “soldiers only”.” “C’mon Trey, why didn’t you say something?” “Sorry I didn’t know that’s what we came for.” “Whatever, let’s go.” We came up on a small tent that smelled like gunpowder. “Okay, this is it.” Trey said. “Okay I want you to stand out here and watch, if someone comes within 20 yards I want you to distract them then I will slip out the back. When he starts coming towards the tent I want you to say, ‘Have a nice day!’ That will be your way of telling me to get out of there.” “Alright, hurry up so we can get out of this place.” Trey said. I walked into the tent it was dark, there were a few lit candles along the wall, in the middle was a long table with a map. I looked at the map, it showed routes through the woods and the town, and houses where Union Soldiers lived were circled and numbered. It looked to be a hit list because our house had an ‘x’ over it. They are targeting all of the Union Soldiers and their families. I heard voices outside so I moved quickly. Trey was talking to a soldier. “Hey buddy, where is your pin?” …show more content…
I made bread and honey, it tasted sweet. Around 6:30 we went outside to start the trip. First stop we made was to Drew Moreland’s. He has 2 kids, his wife passed away. I explained that everyone was being targeted, he said he will send out a messenger out so we don’t have to tell everyone. Drew had been in the army for about a year now.
Trey and I did some investigating on the map and the route shows that the Confederate is going to ambush the Union on Cemetery Hill. We went to the Union Camp and everyone knew about my family and thanked us for finding out that everyone was being targeted because a few men went to the next house and waited for the Confederates then killed them, they killed about 200 men at 4 houses. I sent Trey to go play with the other kids while I told them that they were going to get ambushed. They sent me back to the Confederate Camp to keep an eye out to see what else they were planning.
I go to the Confederate camp and I sit on the hill in a distance and watch. There were not as many men inside as there were outside, they had 5 men at every entrance then they had men in watch towers. They must’ve found out about their men being ambushed. They had groups of men chatting and the kids weren’t outside, they kept them in the tents for