John had been stationed in South Carolina. He loved being home…sure the war didn’t help too much..but he was happy to be in a familiar place. He was on the battlefield..more exhausted and dehydrated than he thought he was. He ended up passing out. He slowly came back to consciousness, the sun was bright on his eyes…he suddenly felt a shooting pain in his chest. He quickly realized he had just been stabbed in the chest with a bayonet by a British soldier. He screamed out, but that didn’t stop the British soldier. He simply shoved a handkerchief into his mouth