The War Begins

It is 1861 and Fort Sumpter has just been attacked.  The long anticipated war between the North and the South has commenced.  The South is grasped with war fever, but you are a slave and are the property of you master.  You have three choices for your future
 
                               1.  Stay with your Mistress on the Planation, after she has always been kind to you.
 
                               2.  Go with you Master to the Front, he is, after all, your Master,
 
                               3.  Run Away to the Union Lines, you are sick and tired of being a slave.
 

 Introduction