My Brother Sam is Dead

  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord
    First battle of the American Revolution
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  • Sam comes home, steals Brown Bess

    Sam comes home, steals Brown Bess
    Sam comes home and argues with Father about the war. Later that night, Sam steals the Brown Bess, a gun, and runs away from home.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    2nd battle of the American Revolution. British suffered many casualties, but drove Americans from Bunker Hill
  • Continental officers come for the Brown Bess

    Continental officers come for the Brown Bess
    The officers are confiscating guns from Loyalists around the country. When they come to take the Brown Bess from Father, he doesn't have it, so they interrogate him about it and beat him up.
  • First encounter witht he cow-boys

    First encounter witht he cow-boys
    The cow-boys send Tim into a field with the wagon and beat up Father, but soon a Committee of Safety comes to rescue them.
  • Father is kidnapped by the cow-boys

    Father is kidnapped by the cow-boys
    On the way back from Verplancks Point, the cow-boys kidnapped Father as he was riding ahead of Tim to scout the way.
  • British soldiers come to Redding

    British soldiers come to Redding
    British soldiers came to Redding, took prisoners and supplies, and killed men in a firefight at Dan Starr's house.
  • Battle of Freeman's Farm (Saratoga)

    Battle of Freeman's Farm (Saratoga)
    First part of the battle of Saratoga
  • Battle of Bemis Heights (Saratoga)

    Battle of Bemis Heights (Saratoga)
    2nd part of the battle of Saratoga
  • Sam is taken in as a cattle thief

    Sam goes after the real cattle thieves, but they beat him up and turn him in as the thief.
  • Tim attempts to rescue Sam

    Tim attempts to rescue Sam
    Tim tried to get a bayonet to Sam so he can escape, but he isn't in the stockade where Tim thought he was.
  • Sam is executed

    Sam is executed
    Sam is executed by a firing squad.