a high wall and iron gates

by ollieNmoh

a short story i wrote in enlglish one day during detention its about the civil war jasper has left his wife bella and the village gets raided its a sad story so if you dont like dont read

1. Chapter 1

A high wall and an iron gate protected the house from the armed soldiers who where raiding Houston a small village in Texas, but should these assets fail it was certain doom for the woman and child hiding in the house

BPOV
my husband Jasper Whitlock was away fighting in the civil war claiming it was his duty to his country and to his family he had always wanted to go

and even though he was too young he claimed 22 when he was only 18….

They believed him and let him in he climbed to ranks quickly

myself and our daughter who was now four years old were sitting in the bomb shelter I sang to her as I tried to block out the sounds of war trying to ease the memory that no child should ever go through,

Soldiers roamed the streets searching the town stealing valuables and killing anyone who got in their way we had been in here for 2 days I still remember the moment that the radio announcer sent out an emergency broadcast telling all to hide that the village was under attack.