DuringtheAmericanCivilWarayoungman61(name)RoswellMcIntyrewasdraftedintothearmy.Thewarwasnotgoingwell.Thearmyneeded62(soldier)somuchthathewassentintobattlewithoutbeingtrained.Roswellbecamefrighten

Question

During the American Civil War a young man 　61　(name) Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the army. The war was not going well. The army needed 　62　(soldier) so much that he was sent into battle without being trained. Roswell became frightened and ran. Later he 　63　(sentence) to be shot for desertion. Roswell’s mother appealed to President Lincoln 　64　(beg) that he was young and inexperienced and that he needed 　65　second chance.

Lincoln thought and prayed. Then he wrote an 　66　(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 　67　(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 　68　display in the Library of Congress. Beside it there is a note 　69　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 　70　(vast) surprised at the power of forgiveness.

Answer 1

61．named

62．soldiers

63．was sentenced

64．begging

65．a

66．admirable

67．is

68．on

69．which

70．vastly