The Battle of Gettysburg By: Leo

Yesterday I went to a play about the battle of Gettysburg. The main character was a freed slave who came from Alabama to Pennsylvania through the underground railroad.
He longed for the excitement of war. His mistress was a widowed Quaker. Her brother's son was a misled Confederate who was even more weakly than the slave. In contrast to the freed slave, he didn't even know how to read. One day a Confederate soldier came telling them to pack up and leave. The young Confederate became very excited about the thought of killing some Yanks. When he got out onto the battle field, he and his comrades felt the strong hand of the Northerners as the boy fell in battle. When he awoke he felt lonely and abandoned. He went to the Quaker for food and shelter though the punishment for abandoning troops was severe. The Quaker took him in though the penalty for housing runaway soldiers was equally great. At the end he made an agreement with his boss, and the freed slave got a job in battle. I think this was a very intelligent and entertaining way of presenting the Battle of Gettysburg.