Civil War In Soldier's Heart By Charley Goddard
Soldier’s Heart
In the book Soldier’s Heart there is a boy named Charley Goddard. Charley Goddard was only fifthteen. he went into the Civil War but he lied about his age. In the book it says about the Civil War that Charley did not think it was going to be that bad, no one thought it was going to be that bad. In the Civil War they did not have good food. Charley thinks at first that the Civil War is boring. In the Civil War they had to do drills and manual of arms. when they did this they had to work in the hot sun. Before the Civil War they have to be trained, but training was hard. they had to march, wheeling,do drills, and fak loading for training. At first Charley Goddard thought that the Civil War was going to be different. Massey said “ it’ll be all …show more content…
In the Civil War many got hit and there were still survivors with Charley. Charley was sad because of the Civil War, some of his friends die because of the Civil War. in the Civil War Charley thought, we could have died shooting at them and never touched them. (page 38) In the Civil War at first their uniforms were not great but then they got new uniforms. Charley did not think he could live much longer if there was another battle. A battle becomes a withdraw sometimes. In their camps disease spread throughout the camps like fire. In the camps they were starving. Many of them got sick,and they had no food. So they had to kill their horses for meat. Charley has been raised with workhorses. He feels most physically ill for killing the horses for meat. In a battle they lined up in a T formation. Charley became a second rank. Charley Goddard keeps on thinking that this is nasty work. Charley Goddard never got hit not even a scratch. All Charley had was other men’s blood on him. Many of the soldiers got wounded during the Civil War. More than two or three hundred men were killed because of the Civil War. They had to use dead bodies of men to block wind for the doctor because the wind was making the
In the book Soldier’s Heart there is a boy named Charley Goddard. Charley Goddard was only fifthteen. he went into the Civil War but he lied about his age. In the book it says about the Civil War that Charley did not think it was going to be that bad, no one thought it was going to be that bad. In the Civil War they did not have good food. Charley thinks at first that the Civil War is boring. In the Civil War they had to do drills and manual of arms. when they did this they had to work in the hot sun. Before the Civil War they have to be trained, but training was hard. they had to march, wheeling,do drills, and fak loading for training. At first Charley Goddard thought that the Civil War was going to be different. Massey said “ it’ll be all …show more content…
In the Civil War many got hit and there were still survivors with Charley. Charley was sad because of the Civil War, some of his friends die because of the Civil War. in the Civil War Charley thought, we could have died shooting at them and never touched them. (page 38) In the Civil War at first their uniforms were not great but then they got new uniforms. Charley did not think he could live much longer if there was another battle. A battle becomes a withdraw sometimes. In their camps disease spread throughout the camps like fire. In the camps they were starving. Many of them got sick,and they had no food. So they had to kill their horses for meat. Charley has been raised with workhorses. He feels most physically ill for killing the horses for meat. In a battle they lined up in a T formation. Charley became a second rank. Charley Goddard keeps on thinking that this is nasty work. Charley Goddard never got hit not even a scratch. All Charley had was other men’s blood on him. Many of the soldiers got wounded during the Civil War. More than two or three hundred men were killed because of the Civil War. They had to use dead bodies of men to block wind for the doctor because the wind was making the