Christian

=Christopher Morris =


 * I am a Union soldier.**
 * Birthday**: November 5, 1826
 * Hometown**: Gettysburg, PA
 * Gender**: Male
 * Profession**: Blacksmith
 * Political Views**: Republican
 * Religious Views**: Catholic
 * Likes**: Horseshoes, weapons, tools, drawing, FREEDOM.
 * Dislikes**: When I burn myself, getting hit with a hammer, SLAVERY!
 * School**: Homeschool

=Status Updates: =


 * January 31, 1865** – The 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress. It states that " Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States." I am so happy!


 * July 2, 1863** – My god, I am so frustrated! I have never been so tired after yesterday! But anyway, it is the second day of the battle. We lost yesterday because General Lee attacked and everyone was disappointed.


 * July 1, 1863** – It is the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Right now, we are going nine miles south in Taneytown, Maryland when General Meade heard that John Reynolds had been killed.

**November 6, 1860** – Abrahan Lincoln was elected president, time to celebrate!


 * February 14, 1859** – Oregon enters the United States as a free state.
 * 1858** –


 * 1857** –


 * 1856** –


 * 1855** –

=Photos: =

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**Source: http://warisboring.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/civil-war-002.jpg 1)** My fellow Union soldiers and I in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

2)** The soldiers and I at camp in the Battle of Gettysburg.
 * Source: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1861/us-civil-war/index-lg.jpg


 * Source: http://www.bgcmonline.org/docs/Profiles_files/Reb%20Staup/rebtintype.jpg**
 * 3)** Me, after forging a piece of metal with my hammer and anvil.

Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/gettysburg-civil-war.jpg 4)** My hometown in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
 * [[image:http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/gettysburg-civil-war.jpg width="472" height="310"]]

5)** Left to Right: My son, Thomas, myself, my daughter, Elizabeth, my wife, Cecilia, and my other daugher, Mary.
 * Source: http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/files/images/2009/062209/Joseph%20and%20Lousia%20Eshbaugh%20Family.preview.jpg

6)** I'm not here, but this is a picture of my family with their aunt, Kate (on the far left), going on with their daily life.
 * Source: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/Images/Family.jpg

7)** A few of our men have died during the Battle of Gettysburg but anyways, this is a picture of the Battle of Chickamauga
 * Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/october/battle-chickamauga-1500.jpg


 * Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/chickamauga/battle-chickamauga.jpg**
 * 8)** This is a picture that I drew of the The Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.

9)** This is me photographed when Abraham Lincoln became president in 1865.
 * Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ialcgs/elijah.jpg

10)** This was the Union commander of The Battle of Gettysburg, George Meade.
 * Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/George_G._Meade_Standing.jpg

11)** This is me in my Union army uniform.
 * Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~besr/civil-war/zouave-uniform.jpg


 * Source: http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo49/skydancer21/compromiseof1850map.gif**
 * 12)** Union state (green) and Confederate states (yellow).


 * Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaslc/images/flags-crossed.jpg**
 * 13)** The two opposing sides. Union flag on the left and Confederate flag on the left.

=Citations: = "American Civil War History Timelines Battle Map Pictures." Web. .

"Civil War Battles." 2003. Web. .

"The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863." Web. .

"The History Place - Battle of Gettysburg." Web. .

"Slavery In The Civil War Era." Web. .