Kings Of The South

 Dear: Father the war has had its up and downs there was a battle two days ago and we are placed Virginia  and have been here for solid week. General  lee sent 75,000 men to Gettysburg Pennsylvania   the Yankees was pushed back into town by the end of the day they had controlled the  high ground. By the next day the Yankees had the high ground and the advantage and we were forced to pushed up  little round top.  Yankees were forced to push down because they ran out of ammo with bayonets, we lost a lot of men during day 2 and were forced to retreat.  Day three was not a winning day and was terrible for us. General lee sent Heavy artillery and 12,000 men at 3 p.m to take out the Yankees.   It was total failure for us we had to retreat to the Potomac river overall the battle was probably the most gruesome battle and hard for the south we gave a good fight and wont slip of next time. Sincerely: Steven.B Madden  

Battle of Gettysburg.

WORD IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG!!

Dear: Mabel The war has been going by so far we have won two  battles  and have been doing good so far on leading are troops and gathering supplies right now I am placed in a camp in Virginia. There was a battle in Sharpsburg Washington we did not win the battle but we showed the Yankees what we re made out of. General lee did a amazing job leading the army w e fought hard but the north out numbered us and took control of the right flank .  We lost a 10,320 of are men and was a terrific fight but those that we lost gave a amazing fight to the north and showed the souths power. There was a other battle in Virginia were the bull run battle was , General lee lead the battle and Stone wall Jackson  . We successfully won the battle Against early union   soldiers   and  showed the north are good leading and statics. But overall we have taken the upper hand in this war and are planning to win.        Sincerely: ur husband Steven B. Madden 

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1862 Vlog

Dear Sally,           As you probably know  President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers . I have to be here to support our side. I know that all of the northern  states had a good response to this request .  I have seen both positive and negative editorials on his request . The first casualties have occurred although they did not occur on the battlefield but in the city of Baltimore .  Soldiers from Massachusetts were marching towards Washington, D.C. when a group of citizens tried to stop their march. Shots were fired from both sides, resulting in eleven deaths. This makes me very happy because this proves President Lincoln will have difficulties recruiting troops from the so-called border states.  I will be home as soon as I can, Fitzhugh Johnston Pettigrew

July 16,1861: how are you and hows the farm, life in the war is pretty hard. right now i am placed in a camp in Virginia. two days ago there was a battle at Manassas and bull run river, president Lincoln called 37,000 men to cut off the rail road in mannssas luckily they did not succeed and we won the battle causing them to retreat. There were only 1,982 causalities for the south and 2,896 causalities for the north.    April 19,1861: the first casualties were not on the battlefield . and the south had less soldiers. This showed that president Lincoln had difficulties recruiting his soldiers and never had experience in war.   December 21 1861: we rested and planned are next attacks and focused on are drills  and gathering supplies like guns  and food . there was new rifle released  called the r epeating rifle it is a semi automatic rifle that shoots led bullets and has a lever mechanism. 

My dear family, this is to you.  

April 20, 1861 Yesterday was a day of death, but not defeat. For the first casualties were not on the battlefield rather in Baltimore . While it was a dreadful day and the South lost a small number of men (less than 10) , it till proved beneficial for the Confederacy . Lincoln and the north now have the difficulty of men not wanting to be drafted.  July 24, 1861 While it has been a while since I have written, a large victory has been won. We, the Confederacy, have won the first major battle of this war.  The battle was fought near Manassas and Bull Run River and was about 30 miles from Washington.  While the North thought it would be an easy win , they did not foresee our brilliant victory.   After the win, we settled down and dined on the runaway civilians food and champagne.   December 31, 1861 This year has been filled with wins and losses, deaths and moments of life. We celebrated Christmas and sang songs of the holiday and to raise southern spirits. Dixie was sung a

Dear Loving wife and my beautiful children,I miss you all very much and which I was with all you right now but the south needs my help. I am staying in a camp in Florida and the beach is beautiful and the camp well less so, the food here is okay  but not as close as food at home . how are the slaves doing and how are the children, hows billy is he sick and did any of the slaves get sick.  if so please call the doctor to find out what it is. Have you heard from my father I worry about him and how he is all by himself. the war has been going well so far we have claimed fort Sumter and there were no casualties. Jefferson Davis is the president of the Confederate army and all south states have succeeded. But president Lincoln has put a group of 75,000 men  to try to stop us. But that man underestimates the power of the south ,But so far we are doing good and fighting for are rights and are slaves I wish you all the best and hope you all are fine and we end this war.  sincerely : Steven

Letter to family about enlistment, William Matthews    This is my first vlog to y’all enjoy!

Dear my loving wife,           I hope you and father are doing well. Tell father that I am sorry that I had to leave so he has to hold up the plantation by himself. I know it was sudden news that we enlisted. President Lincoln put together an army of 75,000 men so I had to enlist to keep our 71 slaves . I still can't believe that the northerners, or the union, think slavery is bad . It is a God-given right for us to own them . I agree with you and father as well that slaves are our children regardless of their age .            All is well here although my sons and I miss home desperately. My sons are almost the youngest here since one is 18 which is the minimum age and the other is 20 which is still very close. They both wanted you to know that they feel like you are there mother even though you are not but there mothers both passed much to all of our sadness . The camp is not nearly as comfortable as home. Since I had a good education at the private school in Lynchburg they

Dear Millicent,          I hope all is well with the children and with the plantation. The camp here is not as warm as our home, but the spirits of the men about to battle for their lifestyle lights fires no amount of springtime rain can put out. I know that my enlistment was sudden and shocking, but that dreadful Lincoln has put together a mass army of 75,000 men.  While I will miss running the plantation, I need to fight to make sure the slaves stay on the plantations where they belong. This fight is to bring back the simple, well-working ways of previous years , where we are in power and slaves work for us, under us. While it is unfortunate that the Northerners and their abolitionists , with their twisted ways of thinking, have caused us to resort to such violence. The Confederacy is strong and willing to fight, we are well armed with artilleries and batteries.  With such weapons, we will cause the North to surrender just like we succeeded in doing when we took possession of F