Across Five April Chapter 9
Point Prospect
A campground
Reason for Eb being in the woods
Because war was terrible, and he wanted to see Home again. He went crazy for a bit and now couldn't go back
Reason for Hig Philips' murder
Deserters murdered him because he hired a substitute
Jethro finds whom hiding in the woods
Eb
How Eb feels about his decision
Foolish. Now he has no chance. "A soldier doesn't have to feel ashamed."
The internal conflict (man versus self) created for Jethro by this discovery
He must turn in Eb (to possibly be killed) or risk his family's safety by hiding Eb/disloyalty to other fighting soldiers
How Jethro tries to resolve his inner conflict
He writes to President Lincoln
How to avoid the Civil War draft
Hire a substitute for $300 to go for you
What happens to Hig Phillips
Murdered
President Lincoln's response to Jethro
The president has provided a way of a skate for deserters
Reason Point Prospect is dangerous
The soldiers were robbing for food and were armed and desperate
Why federal registrars come to the Creighton home
To search for Eb a supposed deserter
