Soldier

Below are the tasks that you will have to complete for your role. Remember to only research information for the battle that your teacher has assigned you. Also, don’t forget that you are responsible for deciding on what the presentation will be and assuring that the General and Commander are completing their work.

Your Task:
1. Decide what side you are going to be on. You may choose to be a soldier for either the Union or the Confederacy.
2. Describe the battle. How many casualties did you have? Who won the battle? What caused this particular battle?
3. Describe what types of weapons you might have to use.
4. Describe the basic strategies that you used while fighting. You may have to read through the sites in order to understand how the soldiers actually fought this battle. For example, whether they fought in formation, behind a rock wall, or out in a field.

When you have finished researching the information, write a letter to a General on your side that fought in this particular battle. Include all of the information above.

Next, click on Process.