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