This Civil War: Freedom and Fire (Part 2 of 5) Readers’ Theater Script plunges students into 1862–1863, from Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to Gettysburg’s hallowed ground. Through dramatic performances, students witness Antietam’s bloody cornfields, Fredericksburg’s tragic charges, Vicksburg’s starvation, and Pickett’s doomed assault, while hearing Douglass’s fiery calls and Martin Burch’s raw letters. Characters like Lincoln, Lee, Tubman, and Grant offer tiered roles (high, medium, low co