Can you imagine being 9 years old with a gun in your hands fighting in a war? How about running with no weapon in your hands toward the other side that has a weapon in their hands? Believe it or not women, children, and African Americans did this in the Civil War. If you can’t quiet pitcher this then you will also have a chance to read real stories from real soldiers about how it was for them out on the battlefield and how they were desperate for peace. Hope you enjoy our website!

Can you imagine being only nine years old with a gun in your hands that you can barley hold in a war? Well believe it or not, some children did that for adventure. But being in a war isn’t adventure it’s hard work. So if it’s hard work why did they do it?

Would you ride a horse across a battlefield with bullets flying passed your head? You ‘re probably thinking no way! But even though that was a crazy thing to do. Women did this during the Civil War. The question is, why?

Imagine your self in the Civil War running toward the other side without a weapon to defend yourself. And even worse seeing bullets fly passed your head and then hearing the deadly scream of the person behind you who got hit by that bullet. African Americans had to do this and it was definitely not fun. Can you imagine doing this?