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What is charleys reaction to the battle?
He is paid $11 dollars a month. How does Charley respond emotionally to the violence during the first battle? He forgets to fire his weapon. He screams, “Make it stop now!
What happened to Charley when he went to battle in Chapter 8?
Charley parried with his own rifle and took the Rebel soldier just below the breastbone with his bayonet. The man had been running so hard he ran himself onto the bayonet before falling off to the side, dying as he fell, his lungs and heart torn.
What was Charlie’s first battle in soldier’s heart?
On the train ride to their new camp, Charley meets a slave, who thanks him for what he is doing for the southern slaves. In Charley’s first battle, near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in 1861, he is caught in the middle of violent suffering and death.
Why does Charley’s mother let him go to war?
1) Charley told his mother he’d be able to send her most of his pay to help out at home. 2) He also told her that enlisting would get him out from under her feet. 3) Thirdly, Charley told his mother that serving would be his “chance to be a man”.
Which battle is Charley finally wounded?
As Charley goes into battle after battle, ending with Gettysburg and the charge of the Minnesota unit against overwhelming odds, Charley is finally wounded. Chapter 10 is so important because it shows Charley at home, wounded both physically and mentally. He can barely walk but goes on a picnic by himself.
How old is Charley at the end of Soldier’s Heart?
16-year-old
Soldier’s Heart is the gripping, heartwrenching story of war as seen through the eyes of Charley Goddard, a 16-year-old who enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers in June 1861 and fought in almost every major battle in the Civil War.
What happened to Charley at the end of Ch 9?
It was the worst barrage Charley had undergone. Shells burst overhead and killed men and horses and destroyed some Union artillery and rear positions.
What did Charley and the Confederate Soldier trade?
Charley has been issued triple coffee rations, which means that he has more than he needs. The rebel across the river, on the other hand, has no coffee; he and his comrades have to make do with burned oats. He suggests to Charley that they make a trade: coffee in exchange for tobacco.
Why did Charley join the Union Army?
Why does Charley want to join the army? He enlists there because he would be recognized and known that he was 15 and can’t join the army if he enlists at home. He walks there.
What is a minie ball soldier’s heart?
58-caliber rifled muskets that fired a hollow-base bullet called a minie ball, named after the Frenchman who had invented it.
What did they call PTSD in the Civil War?
These conditions contributed to what Civil War doctors called “nostalgia,” a centuries-old term for despair and homesickness so severe that soldiers became listless and emaciated and sometimes died.