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Weekly Contest #153
AN INCIDENT NEAR SAVANNAH. Word Count-1,111 U.S. HISTORY-CIVIL WAR. Fiction. Geo Lev. 320 Laurel Ave. DesPlaines. IL 60016. 773-218-1902. normandy6844@yahoo.com. Sergeant Preston did not feel optimistic. He fought Stuart’s cavalry all the way to Gettysburg last year, boxed him in, and smashed him up. Then, General Meade transferred his veteran cavalry regiment from its beloved Army of the Potomac to Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee. Now, he struggled out here with Confederate General Joe Wheeler looking to kill him. Trouble started ...
Weekly Contest #143
RETURN TO SHILOH 1,057 words The pond haunts my sleep these past twenty-five years. Fellow veterans on the Chicago Fire Department want to go back. They still talk about the battle, and now our GAR Post is organizing a train trip. Civilization must have caught up, for no train ran to Pittsburg Landing back then. I know the war is the most important part of our lives. We look after one another’s families. We try to look out for each other at a bad fire. The war is like an over bearing parent, pointing us in this direction and that and not ...
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