Characters
This character gets captured and put into a prisoner of war camp
Bill
This tragic family event is reported to the Creightons in Chapter 7.
Death of Tom
Which city is Shad taken to when he is injured?
Washington DC
Which side of the Civil War does Jethro’s brothers John and Tom fight for.
Union
This young soldier returns from Shiloh and tells the Creightons what happened to Tom.
Dan Lawrence
Sam Gardiner sets a trap for this man after the attacks and trouble in the community.
Guy Wortman
Tom Creighton is killed near this location during the Battle of Shiloh.
Pittsburg Landing
What news do we learn of President Lincoln at the end of the novel?
He was assassinated
This character visits Walnut hill when he is upset.
Jethro
After returning home from the war, this character tells Jethro about the hardships and dangers he experienced as a soldier.
Shad
This state contains the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Pennsylvania
This was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
This newspaper editor publicly criticizes the men who burned the Creightons' barn and attacked their family.
Ross Milton
After Jethro learns that his brother Bill has been captured, this person helps the Creighton family by writing a letter to President Lincoln.
Ross Milton
Sherman captures this Georgia city after marching his army from Atlanta to the sea.
Savannah
This general led troops from Tennessee down to South Carolina
William Sherman
This neighbor's son participates in Sherman's march, causing his father to worry about how the war may have affected his character.
Ed Turner's son
During this battle in Tennessee, Union forces fight Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg, and Shadrach is wounded.
Battle of Stones River
Sherman later moves his army through this state, where the opening shots of the Civil War had been fired and where his troops continue their destructive campaign.
South Carolina
This 1863 battle in Tennessee is part of the Union campaign that helps give Union forces control of the region
Battle of Chattanooga