Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen – Chapter 3: Toward Manassas

It made him very conscious of his own home. Even without a father there, the house was in good shape and kept up and there was a well-tended garden, good food, clothes that covered bodies. He wondered how the Rebels thought they could fight a war when their people couldn’t dress themselves. It made him sad to see the children barely clothed. ................
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