Yet another brilliant idea from my noggin so as usual like all my other fanfics, I write the first chapter of my latest project and if you like it than review, and ill keep updating, however if you don't and I get no reviews than I wont continue. I hope you enjoy and review…

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Its so damn hot here! Ugh. If it weren't for the heat I would honestly admit that I like being in the confederate army, but the weather just sucks and I hate it here, were in Ohio right now and on our way to Texas, I haven't wrote to my parents in two years I hope they think I'm dead, what the hell they deserve it, after all those damn years of doing everything for my stupid, drunk of a father I had to get out of there, especially being the only child I always got the short stick, that's why I left 'home' if you could call it that, or just house would be a better adjective to describe that hell.

"General Whitlock, Sir" one of my sergeants addressed me.

"what's says you, sergeant?" I asked in my authoritive voice, better to have a relationship of fear than love and trust when your in the army.

"we just got our orders back from commander he needs you on night patrol tonight when we cross over to Texas, he wants our entire battalion on duty." that was strange, an entire battalion.

"why so many?" I asked of curiosity, he spoke,

"there's been some strange occurrences in that area, people gone missing and just last night we had two men that wondered about thirty feet from camp, next we know their gone." gone?

"what do you mean gone? Did they run?" he shook his head no,

"there was blood, but we couldn't find a body" he rode off, what the hell our camp is stationed in a secluded area who could've injured or worse kill two trained soldiers and ran, the nearest town is ten miles away, there's no way any human could have pulled that off.

"platoon, halt!" I yelled firmly, they stopped.

"left face!" they turned and faced me.

"now listen up all you soldiers, we will be arriving shortly to camp, when we get there I don't want you going any where with out you partners, now everyone look to your left, do you see the man standing next to you?" I stopped speaking.

"sir yes sir!" they yelled in unison.

"well congratulation that's your partner, now I don't want you going any where without that person, do you understand me!" I yelled.

"sir yes sir!"

"good. Now platoon, parade rest! You have a ten minute break." I stepped off my horse, and retrieved my canteen for a nice drink of hot water.