Here are some questions to consider:

· Are you in the North, South, or West?
· Are you male or female?
· How old are you?
· How is your whole family affected?
· Are you rich or poor or in between?
· Are you black or white?
· What do you fear?
· What do you see, eat, smell, talk about with friends, do every day?
· Do you live in an urban city or a rural town?
· What do you feel / think about the political events?
· What do you hope / envision for the future?
· How politically involved are you?
· Is it late or early in the War?

Other ideas:
 

Major concerns of your character:
 
 

To help you cope with the dramatic events of the Civil War, you will keep a diary, from the perspective of the character outline you completed in the first task.   You should write at least three or four sentences each time you read, but you can be as creative as you wish.  You can expand the point-of-view to incorporate issues that you discover in the readings of the novel or other materials.  You can even define yourself as friends or relatives of people in the novel or articles.  If you wish, you can share some entries with your clan members.