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Betsy talks to Tim
Betsy was in the tavern and made a gesture that when Sam came home she would tell him -
Sam comes home
Betsy told Tim that Sam was home and he went to visit. -
Rebels
The rebels stopped at the tavern to take the guns away from the tories. -
Tom steals back
Tom steals Brown Bess back from Sam while he is sleeping. -
Sam comes home from Yale
This is the opening scene from the book. Sam came home from Yale to tell his parents he has joined the militia -
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Whole Book
This is the timespan for the entire book not including the epilogue -
Sam Steals
Sam steals Brown Bess from father -
Tim visits Sam in the hut
Tim thought that sam had already marched off and was fighting the lobster backs but he was actually just in a tent waiting. -
Tim talks about the battles
Tim talks about how the war doesn't seem real -
Father kicks a rebel out of his Tavern
Father heard talk about lobsterbacks deserving to be dead. So he tackled him and made him leave. -
Food Problems
The food had become a problem because they had to provide for hungry soldiers. -
Mr. Heron
Mr. Heron talks to Tim and his dad about Tim delivering "Business Letters". -
Messenger
Tim had to take rum to Mr. Heron and he talked to him about being a messenger. -
Failed Messenger
Tim was walking and got stopped by Betsy Read. She asked him what he was doing and then saw the letter. She wrestled with him and got the letter. It was just a test for Tim. -
Letters from Sam
The Warrups received two letter from Sam. Father didn't want Mother to answer either of them, but she answered the second one after and argument. -
Cow-boys
Cow-boys had surrounded them and threatened Life by taking his cattle. -
Cousin Platt
They got an escort from another group of cow-boys to the Platts'. -
Life gets captured
Life and Tim were on the way back to the tavern when the cow-boys jumped Life and took him to there prison. -
Sam comes home
Sam's squad gets planted in Redding right beside where he used to live. -
Sam gets killed
Sam was eating with his family when he heard the cattle getting stolen. So he ran after them but the entire group jumped him and framed him as the thief. He then was executed as an example.
