Characters
The name of Joe's two best friends from Wrightsville
Dave & Ted
The name of the local town that was considered to be the nations capital but it didn't get selected.
Columbia
The drum call that is played when it is meal time
Roast Beef
President Lincoln
What gift did Joe's mom give him before he left for the Army?
A new Bible
The name of Joe's sister
Sarah
Virginia
The name of the drum call that is played to wake soldiers up.
Reveille
True or False: The Confederates was made up of the southern states.
True
The name of the thief in the 125th.
Slade King
The name of the free black man from Wrightsville who helped slaves seeking freedom
Cato Jourdon
The capital of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
The name of the drum call that is played when it is night or time for bed
Taps
The name of the boy Joe helped escape from slavery
Nat
The name of a man that was a secret code word to indicate you were helping a runaway slave.
William Penn
The Captain in charge of the drummer boys in the 125th regiment
Captain Colter
The two towns in our story that have a mile long bridge connecting them
Wrightsville and Columbia
This man taught Joe how to play the drums before he joined the Army
His dad, Mr Shelley
False.
The name of the family from Washington Boro whose farm Joe and his friends looked for Indian relics.
The Schultz family
The names of Joe's new foals
Thunder and Tarnation
The town the Confederates retreated to when they couldn't cross the bridge after it was burned. Hint: A major battle was then fought there
Gettysburg
The name of the 125th's cook
Manny
True or False: The Confederates stayed in Wrightsville to help put out the fire when it started burning buildings
True
The name of Joe's brother Dan's horse
Swift