DuringtheAmericanCivilWarayoungman41(name)RoswellMcIntyrewasdraftedintothearmy.Thewarwasnotgoingwell.Thearmyneeded42(soldier)somuchthathewassentintobattlewithoutbeingtrained.Roswellbecamefrighten

Question

During the American Civil War a young man 　41　(name) Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the army. The war was not going well. The army needed 　42　(soldier) so much that he was sent into battle without being trained. Roswell became frightened and ran. Later he 　43　(sentence) to be shot for desertion. Roswell’s mother appealed to President Lincoln 　44　(beg) that he was young and inexperienced and that he needed 　45　 second chance.

Lincoln thought and prayed. Then he wrote an 　46　(admiration) statement. "I have noticed " he said "that it never does a boy much good to shoot him." He wrote this letter in his own handwriting: "Roswell McIntyre 　47　(be) to be readmitted into the army. When he serves out his required enlistment(服兵役期) he will be freed of any charges of desertion."

That letter signed by President Lincoln is 　48　 display in the Library of Congress. Beside it there is a note 　49　 reads "This letter was taken from the body of Roswell McIntyre who died respectably at the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia." Now you might be 　50　(vast) surprised at the power of forgiveness.

Answer 1

41．named

42．soldiers

43．was sentenced

44．begging

45．a

46．admirable

47．is

48．on

49．which

50．vastly