Stories tagged with "civil war"
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A Visit with History (Summer Vacation Challenge)

We hiked through Balls Bluff Virginia Battlefield, using sticks as fake guns. Crouching behind long since fallen and rotted …
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One Small Change (XXVI)

“How bad?” I asked them.
“Well,” Alex said, taking a moment to think. He suddenly smirked. “Remember when you decided that K…
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Civil War? WHAT Civil War? Part II

The Farmer’s Union and Confederate troops began to position their simplistic cannons. The year was 1923, after all, and the N…
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The Civil War? WHAT Civil War?
“Dammit soldier!” General Beckett stood straight up, anger in his eyes. “There’s no way we’re going to hold ‘em off like this…
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The Gray and the Blue: Stovohobo Inspired; Tale of the Civil War

I woke up in a rowboat with a makeshift sail stitched of gray uniform fabric. The Major is unconscious. The Captain is dead. ...
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The Wilderness
I found his body at the foot of an oak tree, his face torn with the agony of being shot twice. He knew it was coming. He told…
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The Patterson Brothers' Take on the Pledge.
I pledge allegiance to the flag,
promising loyalty to a cloth. This country is NUTS!Of the United States of America.
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Yoda'lling on.

“Interesting what?”
“Just interesting.”
“No, really. Interesting hat? You like my beard? You’ve never heard of the United S…
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Searching For Junk
“I’m looking for a treasure.”
“We have many treasures. Which do you seek?”
Your untrained eyes see nothing but corrosion; y…