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The Red Badge of Couarage
July 21, 1863 Dear Diary, So far the armys not all I really thought it was going to be. Weve been sitting here, just watching and waiting. Some of the fellows here say we might be moving but I dont know about all that. Ive been thinking about everything my mom told me before I left to enroll and sometimes I wonder if I am really in the right place.
July 21 Continued..... Dear Diary, Were still camped out and the same place, we havent moved or anything. Nothing new has really happened, were still waiting. One of the solidiers here says that its going to be the biggest battile ive ever seen tomorrow for me to just wait. Ive been thinking and I wonder sometimes if I might run. Ive talked to a few of my fellow soliders about it, and after that I feel like I wont now and that Ill be fine.
July 22, 1863 Dear Diary, Today has been a rough day for me. Im starting to believe that some of our leaders are not as well suited for the position as I thought they would be. Tonight we marched through the forest, and once our regiment heard the gunfire everything became chaotic. There was a dead solidiers body laying on the ground and I wondered if our leaders were leading us to some certain death. While the gunshots grow louder and louder Wilson tells me he might die in battle. He gave me this yellow envelope and told me to give it to his family if he dont make it back.
July 22, 1863 Dear Diary, The battle that surrounded us today was absolutely terrifying. Our lieutenant got shot in the hand. As we were standing there in the mist, waiting for the oncoming enemy to attack, the thought in the back of my head reamerges and holds steadfast. Will I run away or stay and fight? I still wonder myself.
