Imagine that you are a young man living in the South or the North in April 1861, when the Civil War began. Write a statement that expresses why you are willing to die for what you believe is right. Refer to the arguments made by Southerners like Robert E. Grant and Robert W. Banks or Northerners like Ulysses S. Grant and Sullivan Ballou. Select from the following forms of writing: a personal letter to a family member, a letter to the editor of a wartime newspaper, or a report to your commanding officer. Your completed piece must be at least three paragraphs long and free of errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
