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Wyatt Earp In The Civil War
As a young boy Wyatt Earp wanted to grow up and fight in the Union Army in the civil war, but he is turned away because of his age. Then he goes and studies law and marries Urilla Sutherland the love of his life who later dies of typhoid fever before they can have children. He gets really upset and destroys the house they bought together and everything they owned. He then put together a bull hunting crew with Bat Masterson and his brother Ed. When hes through with that he and his two brothers Virgil and Morgan set out to clean up the violence filled towns in the West. Wyatt Earp was released by Warner Bros. on June 24th 1994. Written by Lawrence Kasden, Dan Gordon, directed by Lawrence Kasden and stars; Kevin Costner,Dennis Quaid, and …show more content…
It started all the way back when Wyatt was a teenager on a farm, and his older brothers Virgil and James were away serving in the union army. Wyatt dreamed of being in the war just like his brothers so he packed some of his things said bye to his younger brothers and sister and attempted to run away. Going to lie about his age and try to join the Union Army. His father catched him before he could get off the farm and forces him to go back home. Both Virgil and James return home and James badly injured. The family moves west shortly after and thas when Wyatt sees his first man shot and killed in front of him, he gets sick to his stomach and vomits. Years go by and Wyatt goes back to Missouri and marries his sweetheart, Urilla Sutherland. they move into their own house and he becomes a policeman. Soon after while pregnant, his wife dies of typhoid fever. he stays by her side the whole time and becoming depressed. He burns their house and everything they own and bcomes an alcoholic and going from town to town,and ends up in Arkansas and steels a mans horse. Caught and put into jail his father bails him out and tells him never to go back to Arkansas. He leaves Arkansas and starts working as buffalo hunter where he meets Bat Masterson and his brother Ed. They become good friends and the two brothers work as Wyatts skinners. He later becmes a Deputy Marshal in Wichita Kansas and builds a reputation as a good lawman. He

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