Characters
23 year old man who liked books and became a Confederate soldier
Bill
The bombardment at this place was the first armed conflict of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
secession
formally withdrawing from an organization
"All these once familiar sounds had taken on overtones of wailing, and he seemed to hear an echo of that wailing now." is an example of
personification (or foreshadowing)
In what state does this book take place?
Illinois
a 9 year old son who had to take on adult responsibilities
Jethro
When the bad news about the battle at Pittsburg Landing came, did Jethro tell his father, and why or why not?
No - to protect him because of his poor health
comeuppance
deserving penalty or punishment
Contrasts ideas and words in parallel sentence structure. (Ex. "Give me liberty or give me death.")
Antithesis
After the battle at Nashville, John was put in charge of feeding the Confederate prisoners. Who did he see?
Bill
The schoolteacher
Shadrach
What happens to a soldier that is a deserter during time of war?
He becomes a fugitive of the law, and is shot if found
A person stubbornly devoted to his or her own prejudices and opinions
bigot
The feeling or emotion an author evokes in the reader through the use of sensory words or phrases.
Mood
In whom did Jethro and Ross Milton place their hope for real peace in the US?
Abraham Lincoln
Newspaper editor
Ross Milton
What happened to Shadrach Yale at the Battle of Gettysburg?
He is seriously injured, and his wounds become gangrenous.
An ironclad was a type of what?
warship
An expression that does not literally mean what it says, but has a different, understood meaning.
(Ex. "hanging around in the park")
Idiom
To whom did Jethro go for advice about his cousin Eb?
President Lincoln
The last name of the young man who killed Mary
Travis Burdow
What message did Bill want his mother to have?
He did not shoot Tom, because he was not at Pittsburg Landing.
"Peace Democrats" who were willing to allow the South to return to the Union, or let slave states secede from the Union in peace.
Copperheads
The use of words to express something other than, or the opposite of, the literal meaning.
Verbal irony
If an eligible man did not want to serve in the army, how could he avoid going?
Pay $300 for someone to be his substitute