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Noah wants to go to fight in the war. So he leaves his family behind, the Pruitts, are very upset and scared for the fate of Noah.
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The city of Grand Tower holds a Square Dance. This is where all the townspeople come together.
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A boat comes in from the south. Two mysterious ladies come out of the boat. Calinda was the darker one and the other ones name was Delphine.
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Mama offers the women to stay at their house. She says that they would be better off staying with hem then in a motel.
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Delphine goes into the town with Tilly. She wants to get oil lamps and matches at the store, so she does.
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A showboat comes, where Calinda, Delphine and the Pruitts go to watch the play and dance.
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Calinda and Cass become very close because of their similarities. They go to the dock and sell pecan pralines to sailors.
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Calinda and Cass become very close because of their similarities. They go to the dock and sell pecan pralines to sailors.
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Noah leaves his family and goes to war without any goodbye.
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Mama orders Tilly and Delphine to go find Noah and bring him home.
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The two girls travel to Camp Defiance and see how horrible it was.
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Noah and other soldiers get sick and hurt.
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Both Tilly and Delphine help and heal the men.
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The girls start their journey back home with Noah.
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Abraham Linclon is inaugurated the 16th president of the United States.
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The attack of Fort Sumter was one of the first military actions in the Civil War.
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Mama sees a coffin on the porch nd assumes it is Noah and freaks out.
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The Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
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Noah, Tilly, and Delphine come home and see that Mama is dead and that Paws coffin is sitting on the porch.
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Mama drowns her self in the river and dies.
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The Battle of Belmont helped train and prepare Grant and his troops for later wars.
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Delphine and Tilly bring Noah back home to where her i ssuppose to be, but it is too late to show Mama.
