| A | B |
|---|
| Illinois | where Creighton's live |
| potatoes | Jethro and Ellen planted |
| news of the war | Shad goes to Newton for |
| war | Ellen dreads the prospect of |
| Lincoln | President of U.S. |
| sister | Mary |
| Kentucky | Where Wilse Graham was from |
| slaves | Wilse owned |
| slavery | Bill hated |
| Mason Dixon | Imaginary line separating north from south |
| Confedrates | Fired upon a fort to begin the war |
| Sumpter | Fort that was fired upon |
| Union | Tom and Eb joined this army |
| Confederacy | Bill is determined to fight for this side |
| clothing | soldiers died due to throwing this away |
| books | Shad gave these to Jethro |
| headache | Ellen suffers from this |
| Jethro | went to town alone in wagon |
| copperhead | northerner who sided with the south |
| newspaperman | Ross Milton |
| reins | Dave Burdow took these to help Jethro with the wagon |
| whip | What Guy Wortman used to scare the horses |
