Gettysburg Descriptive Writing

It was a lonely day. I was looking outside the window and looking at the rage of the Battle of Gettysburg. Hi, I am Simi and I am 14 years old. I am from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and our family is supporting the Union and going against the Confederacy. I have a mom named Amy, a dad named Daniel, and a younger brother named Jack who is 10. My dad, Daniel, is fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg and I am worried sick. So officially my family only has 3 people at home now. I hope my dad would be okay and I hope I work the Union will win.
I go outside the next day and still see what's going on. I just wish that this never happened and our whole family would be okay. I start crying and wished my dad would be back home, hugging me and saying that

everything would be okay. My mom goes past me and sees me crying in tears. My mom says, “What is wrong Simi? Why are you crying? Are you worried about something? I can help.” I was just happy that she is worried about me.
“Mom, I am just worried about the war and I hope that it goes well for Dad and the Union.” I said.
“Honey, everything will just be fine. You have nothing to be worried about. Just hope for the best, we can’t control everything we see.”
I knew that she was concerned about me and was just wanting to make me feel better. She is right. We can’t just stop the war, we need our justice and pride for the Union.
I see my brother Jack walk past me and was just crying more. I want to help him but if I do, I will make the matters worse. I go to my room so I can get off my worried of the war. As soon as I enter, I go start to read some novels which I enjoyed a lot. I was hoping to become a successful doctor which means I have to read.
Hours past and while I was reading, my mom called me and said, “Look Simi! A letter came from your father. It looks like he was talking about the war.”
She rushes downstairs and sees her brother, Jack waiting for her to come.

Right when she was about to open it, he brother opens it, reads it quickly and starts to cry. “What’s wrong? Any good or bad news from dad?” I say.
“Nothing good. Dad says that he has gotten Smallpox, a disease, and that the weapon control has gotten from bad to even worse.”
Right when I was about to cry, all of a sudden, Jack starts to cry even more and screams like insane. He starts to run all over the place and then I realize that one of the symptoms of Smallpox is that you go insane. “Mom, I think that Jack has been in so much shock that he has gotten Smallpox also. One of the symptoms of Smallpox is that you start to act crazy.” Mom is in shock.
Days past and nothing from dad and Jack not getting better. I get extremely tired and sick. After many hours, there is a knock on the door and I realize that dad came home. I jumped up in joy and hugged him. He looked a lot better. “Hello. I missed you guys so much!!” dad says.
“I missed you a lot! How is the war going? Any news that is from you?” I say in excitement.
“ I have good news. The doctor said that I am getting better in the past weeks. But I am not fully cured. I still have to go to the doctor on a daily

basis.”
I did not want to break Dad’s good news but mom and I have to say it sometime this year. Mom and I look at each other and just knew that we have to say it.
I took a deep breath and said, “Dad, we don’t have good news. Mom and I realized the Jack has Smallpox and we don’t have enough money to get Jack cured. What do we do?”
He was in shock. He said, “I have money right now to cover for all of us. Even if you and mom don’t have it, we can also try to make you not get the disease from Jack.
After an hour, we all left to go to the doctor. The doctor gave us all herbal medicine for the future if we get the disease which I hope to not.
After many weeks past, I look at Jack and see that he is getting better and hope we can finally win against the Confederacy. Since dad is back for a few more days and Jack is getting better, all of their worries for now come to an end. I realize at the end that you should always realize that your family is the most important thing in life that you should ever have. Family is the most important thing you should have in life. She hopes the best for the future and hopes that everything will be fine.