What latest triumph for the Confederates occurred? They drove the north out of the Cumberland gap and were advancing on Kentucky.

The book ends with Jethro running back to the house to Jenny, and ‘that moment when he ran toward her, all the shadows were lifted from the April morning. ‘

What news does Dan Lawrence bring to Creightons? Dan Lawrence has been wounded and returns home. He brings news that Tom Creighton was killed in the Battle of Pittsburg Landing.

Nancy tells Jethro that her sons are lonely now that their father has left for the war, and she wishes that Jethro would come play with them more often.

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Jenny Creighton. Jenny is Jethro’s only constant companion during the war. She helps Jethro in the fields, and they talk about the war. They both understand each other’s thoughts and feelings, since they are very similar.

Mary: Mary dies during the winter of 1859 in an accident, coming home with her date Rob Nelson from a dance at Hidalgo. On their way home, Mary and Rob meet drunk Travis Burdow who frightens the animals. The wagon is overturned, and Mary is killed.

Explanation: Because they live in south indiana and that is supposed to be a union state but it is also close to the boarder so many of the families may have moved feom slave owning states to indiana.

In his letter, John says the battle was hard, but he is proud of the way they held up. He says that they nearly starved and ate “things that wood make you sick to think about” until reinforcements from other armies came. John’s army had climbed a ridge and broken a Confederate line.

Jethro’s brothers are off at the war, which is the major conflict of this novel. They are on different sides, so the lines of loyalty and morality become a bit blurry.

Clara Ingram Judson Memorial Award

Plot Summary. Across Five Aprils is set in Jasper County, Illinois. The story begins in mid-April, 1861 on the Creighton farm.