Write a journal entry from the perspective of a soldier or a civilian during the Civil War. Your journal entry should include:
• a historically accurate date and location (for example, July 4, 1863, near
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania).
• one paragraph describing one of the key events or battles of the war so far.
• one paragraph describing your experiences as a soldier or as a civilian during
that key event or battle and how it affected you. Use details from your Reading
Notes or the classroom activity, and include relevant dialogue and descriptions
of specific actions.
• a sketch that relates to something you write about in your journal entry. Be sure
to refer to this visual somewhere in your journal entry.