My Vicksburg
“Robert deserved a second chance, I decided. Everyone did. So somehow he lost or dropped the order from General Lee. Should a person die or be put into prison for life for that? Should a person's life be ruined because of an innocent mistake?
Of course I could say no, because I was not in the army. It did not have its tentacles wrapped around me. I was not a doctor, with another whole barrel of fish to account for. And if I did what I wanted to do, no shame would come down on my family.
But first, before I set out to become a heroine, I had to get to know Robert, proper like. I had to at least spend some time with him and find out what he was about.
We were at breakfast. We had food now, anyway, thanks to Landon. No one was to know it, of course. It was to be shared with no one. This was difficult. No one was to know that Landon had been treated "special" and allowed to bring his family food. For the simple reason, he'd been told by his commanding officer, that the Yankee army believed... that the only way it would finally take Vicksburg was to starve its people out.MoreLess
Of course I could say no, because I was not in the army. It did not have its tentacles wrapped around me. I was not a doctor, with another whole barrel of fish to account for. And if I did what I wanted to do, no shame would come down on my family.
But first, before I set out to become a heroine, I had to get to know Robert, proper like. I had to at least spend some time with him and find out what he was about.
We were at breakfast. We had food now, anyway, thanks to Landon. No one was to know it, of course. It was to be shared with no one. This was difficult. No one was to know that Landon had been treated "special" and allowed to bring his family food. For the simple reason, he'd been told by his commanding officer, that the Yankee army believed... that the only way it would finally take Vicksburg was to starve its people out.MoreLess
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