Talking spirits 2011

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Talking Spirits “This Mighty Scourge of War”

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Talking Spirits“This Mighty Scourge of War”

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Governor Louis and Cordelia Harvey

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After her husband’s death, Cordelia Harvey continued his fight to improve conditions for Wisconsin soldiers sick and wounded far away from home. She convinced President Lincoln to fund an army hospital in the North so soldiers could be cared for and recover closer to home.

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I found it funny how Governor Lewis and Cordelia were always describing each other with words I wish I knew. I found it sad that she didn’t even know her husband died until someone told her. I also found it funny how she fainted right in the middle of the street. But I found it sad how he died.By John

I really liked scene one (Governor and Cordelia Harvey) because Governor Louis is an interesting person and Cordelia Harvey is a good person. Cordelia Harvey wanted to make a hospital for the soldiers that are in the war. So Cordelia talked to Abraham Lincoln about the hospital. She got it. But Governor Louis died. It was a funny/sad story.By Melissa

I thought they made an amazing act. Cordelia had a lot of guts to go up to the President and demand a military hospital straight to his face….By Michaela 

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I liked how they acted. It was hilarious when Cordelia screamed at Governor Lewis. I liked the part where it says, “If you had to describe me with one word what would it be? Handsome?” “NO!” It was just so funny.By Tamara I liked when they were sweet to each other.I liked the end because the husband said, “I love you my wife.”By Kimberly I liked them because they always told us about their life.By Alondra Lewis and Cordelia were married. Lewis was Governor and he and Cordelia strongly disagreed that there was no military hospital in the north so she went to talk to Abe Lincoln but he was in a meeting….Finally he came and told her that everybody in the meeting agreed to make a hospital in the north.By Alex

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Governor Harvey’s wife Cordelia told President Lincoln that he had to give the soldiers a hospital and he did.By Mekecia  Cordelia was walking when a soldier came and told her the news that her husband had drowned. Cordelia fainted.By Daniel Cordelia heard about her husband’s death she fainted right in the middle of the street. She carried on her husband’s work by talking to Lincoln, the President of the U.S., She asked him to make military hospitals for the injured men.By Khadijah

Governor Lewis had just been elected Governor and he was married to Cordelia Harvey. When he was on his way back from the war he was on a boat and he fell off and died. His wife saw the flags at half-mast and then someone told her that her husband had died. She passed out right in the middle of the street. By Jackson

 

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EDWARD BRIDGEMAN

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Edward Bridgeman was a soldier with Company G of the 37th Massachusetts Infantry. He wrote many letters home trying to describe his experiences. He described the chaos of battle and the sounds of suffering afterward. He described overwhelming exhaustion and the pain of the memories of battle.

“A common misery made all brothers”

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I liked Edward Bridgeman because he described the battlefield very well. When he said, “I can’t put it in words,” it surprised me because what he did describe was gory, scary, and sad.By James I learned from him (Edward Bridgeman) that it is tough times a million to be in war. His description of his life was wonderful. I could feel myself hungry, aching and tired in that scrimpy tent. I don’t know if I could go on after seeing those dead bodies like he did.By Lily Edward Bridgeman was a soldier who was writing to his cousin saying this is getting very intense and I would be writing more but he was trying to get all the rest he could for his health. In one letter he was talking about how he would be stepping over dead men and that he would have to find cloth to cover dead and dying men during a terrible storm.By Katie

I feel bad about Edward Bridgeman because he cared about his soldiers in the battle who died in front of his eyes. He cared about his soldiers. One of them had a big pool of blood there turning black. No! They’re dying! He tried to cover them because of the rain that was coming towards them. He went to the cabin and quickly gave as many blankets as he could. By Bryan

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Mark “Peg Leg” Smith

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“Peg Leg” loved to tell children stories of “The Iron Brigade”. Nicknamed the “Black Hats”, they earned the name of Iron Brigade by their fierce resistance to Stonewall Jackson and his seasoned troops.

“No retreat!”

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Mark Smith, also known as Peg Leg, was a foot soldier in the Iron Brigade. They were known as the Iron Brigade because they would never retreat in a battle, unlike some other men would. They were also known as the Black Hats because their hats were big and black. After the war, Mark would tell many stories about the war to kids. I thought he was the best storyteller in the world, and would love to go back there again.By Will Mandel Mark “Peg Leg” Smith was a soldier in the Union infantry, the “Iron Brigade”. On Memorial Day, he traveled to the schools and told the children his stories of the Iron Brigade. In fact, one year, when he was sick on Memorial Day, the school children traveled to his house to hear his stories.By Andrew 

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I liked Mark “Peg Leg” Smith because of all the expression he used. I think it was very brave that they didn’t run away when they saw the other people that they had heard so many stories about.By Geneviève I liked the way he described things with action like reloading and the sound going “Boom!” “Boom!”.By Sam I really liked scene 3, the story of Mark “Peg Leg” Smith. I liked that even if he had no leg he still told his stories. I learned that he went to schools and told stories about the war to kids.By Zaira

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Colonel Hugh Lewis

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Colonel Hughes needed help to tell his story. He was injured in the Battle of Bull Run. His arm was amputated with a saw and no chloroform. After going to an army hospital his arm developed gangrene and had to be further amputated. The rest is a strange story.

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Colonel Hugh Lewis was in a battle field when he was shot in the left arm. All they had at the battlefield hospital was a saw and some bandages. The doctor said he had to amputate his arm or he would get a disease but they didn’t have anything to put him to sleep.By Joshua …my favorite person was Colonel Hugh Lewis. I really felt like he was a person who went through some tough times. By Maia He (Colonel Lewis) was a colonel who was shot in the arm in the war. His arm was amputated to his elbow with a saw. Later he got the rest of his arm amputated. His arm was sent to a museum. He went to get his arm from the museum but it wasn’t there. They had sent it to Canada.By Emmett Lewis was shot in the arm and amputation was needed. They just took a saw and a hot piece of metal to stop the bleeding, and just went ahead and sawed his arm off!By Wilson 

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