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Time Change!
Narrator changes to Tilly and time reverses to when the kids grandparents are teenagers. -
Visions
Cass tells Tilly about her latest vision of young boys in blue and grey dead in the river. -
New Company
Two women Calinda and Delphine show up from New Orleans, and Mama takes them in. -
Lincoln's Inauguration
On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inauguarated the 16th president of the Unied States of America. -
Attack of Fort Sumpter
The Attack of Fort Sumpter, near Charleston, South Carolina, was the battlethat started the American Civil War. -
Confusion with Corsets
Cass thinks she sees Calinda killing Delphine, but when Mama walked into the room she only saw Calinda tightening Delphine’s corsets. -
Coincoin
Delphine tells Tilly, Mama, Cass, and Noah that Calinda’s real name is Coincoin, but she’s called Calinda no one can dance the Calinda better than her. -
Showboat
Delphine persuades Tilly, Mama, Cass, and Calinda to go to a showboat where they all dance. -
Attack of Fort Sumter
The Attack of Fort Sumpter, near Charleston, South Carolina, was the battlethat started the American Civil War. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861. -
War Time
Noah leaves for the war in September during the night. -
Illness in Camps
Noah writes that half of his camp is sick with dysentery, and he isn’t sick. -
Doctor at Camp Defiance
Dr. Hutchings goes to Camp Defiance, where Noah is stationed, when he hears that there are no doctors working there. -
Doctor at Camp Defiance
Dr. Hutchings goes to Camp Defiance, where Noah is stationed, when he hears that there are no doctors working there. -
The Battle of Belmont
On November 7, 1861 the Battle of Belmont took place. -
Climax
Mama makes Tilly get Noah from his camp after Mama becomes even more stressed with Noah’s absence -
Climax
Mama makes Tilly get Noah from his camp after Mama becomes even more stressed with Noah’s absence. -
Arrival at Camps
Delphine and Tilly arrive at Noah’s camp, and after forcing Dr. Hutchings to let them in the quarantined tents, they see Noah and start to clean everything and feed him so that he can regain his health -
Delphine's Secret
Mrs. Hanrahan confronts Delphine for being black, and Delphine admits that she is black and Calinda is her sister. -
Bad Fortune
Calinda believes that Noah is dead because she read it in the cards, which resulted in Mama committing suicide in the river. -
Battle Wounds
Noah returns home after the war alive, although he was in a fire that caused him to loose his arm. -
Family Road Trip
Dr. William Hutchings II visits his family with his children in Grand Tower. -
Scary Stories
Dr. William Hutchings II tells his kids the story about Devil’s Backbone, and the ghost that haunts the river, and about Tower Rock, the rock that gave the city its name. -
Family Reunion
The kids meet Grandma Tilly her husband Dr. Hutchings, Great Uncle Noah, and Great Aunt Delphine.
