OldReliable1862
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2017
- Location
- Georgia
I've been wanting to write an ACW story with a viewpoint in each of the three main theaters, and I think I've got a basic idea now.
- Three brothers in Georgia join an infantry company headed for Texas. They are part of James Fannin's force, with one of them killed in the Goliad massacre.
- By 1861, the two remaining brothers and their sister have set up their own families, one in Freestone County and the other in Leon County. The sons of the former join the 7th Texas Infantry, while the latter join the 5th Texas Infantry. Their sister's sons join the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers.
I want to show conflict within a family, but rather than have it come from the war itself, I think I'd rather come from other actions of the family members themselves. My current idea is to have one brother go into severe debt as he tries to set up a business before the war, causing himself to become a financial and emotional burden to the other. I'd like to explore the effect broken promises and emotional parasitism between family members can have on the children of those most directly involved.
- Three brothers in Georgia join an infantry company headed for Texas. They are part of James Fannin's force, with one of them killed in the Goliad massacre.
- By 1861, the two remaining brothers and their sister have set up their own families, one in Freestone County and the other in Leon County. The sons of the former join the 7th Texas Infantry, while the latter join the 5th Texas Infantry. Their sister's sons join the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers.
I want to show conflict within a family, but rather than have it come from the war itself, I think I'd rather come from other actions of the family members themselves. My current idea is to have one brother go into severe debt as he tries to set up a business before the war, causing himself to become a financial and emotional burden to the other. I'd like to explore the effect broken promises and emotional parasitism between family members can have on the children of those most directly involved.