Kaitlin​ ​Murphey
Professor​ ​Delao
HIST​ ​1301
8​ ​October​ ​2017
Revolution?
The​ ​shots​ ​have​ ​been​ ​silenced,​ ​the​ ​blood​ ​has​ ​been​ ​shed,​ ​the​ ​men​ ​have​ ​returned…​ ​well,
most​ ​of​ ​them.​ ​My​ ​soldier’s​ ​soul​ ​left​ ​with​ ​the​ ​battle​ ​and​ ​in​ ​his​ ​place​ ​returned​ ​a​ ​flood​ ​of​ ​emptiness
and​ ​uncertainty.​ ​Maintaining​ ​the​ ​order​ ​of​ ​the​ ​family​ ​seemed​ ​possible​ ​during​ ​the​ ​war,​ ​but​ ​for​ ​a
lifetime?​ ​Change​ ​is​ ​already​ ​becoming​ ​evident,​ ​not​ ​only​ ​in​ ​this​ ​household,​ ​but​ ​in​ ​the​ ​United
States.​ ​As​ ​a​ ​middle​ ​class,​ ​white​ ​woman​ ​who’s​ ​still​ ​trying​ ​to​ ​raise​ ​her​ ​family​ ​on​ ​Christian​ ​values,
life​ ​is​ ​anything​ ​but​ ​ordinary.​ ​My​ ​name​ ​is​ ​Kaitlin​ ​Murphey,​ ​widow​ ​of​ ​Private​ ​Robert​ ​L.​ ​Murphey.