Rifles For Watie Book Report

Rifles for Watie
The Civil War novel Rifles for Watie is set in the times of 1861-1865. This novel shows how the times were like during the Civil War Era and how both Jeff Bussey and his family struggled. In this novel, we meet Jefferson “Jeff” Bussey Davis, whom volunteered for the Union forces even though the rest of his family was skeptical about his decision. This novel also introduces us to John Chadwick and David Gardener who are friends with Jeff and face difficult trials throughout the war. It is shown that there are some differences between what actually happened and what is said in the book. For example, some of the events and characters in this book have little to no difference to what actually happened like in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Captain Clardy, and the Battle of Prairie Grove.
Despite the close similarities that this novel has with our history, there are some fictional parts in it. One

This novel only introduces General Blunt, but there was actually 2 principal leaders during the battle. The leaders during the Battle of Prairie Grove were General Blunt and General Hindman. This battle occurred on December 7th, of 1862 with no victory on either side. Majority of the battle as described in the book did relate to the actual battle.
Rifles for Watie is a Civil War novel written by Harold Keith that describes the events of the Civil War. This novel was written in Jefferson “Jeff” Bussey Davis point of view. It explains Jeff’s trial through his battles with his other pals John Chadwick and David Gardener. In many ways this novel shows a behind the scenes kind of like of the times of the Civil War in Jeff’s point of view. Despite it’s fictional parts here and there, this novel has little to no differences to what actually happened like in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Captain Clardy, and the Battle of Prairie