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Narrator changes to Tilly and time reverses to when the kids grandparents are teenagers.
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Cass tells Tilly about her latest vision of young boys in blue and grey dead in the river.
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Two women Calinda and Delphine show up from New Orleans, and Mama takes them in.
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On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inauguarated the 16th president of the Unied States of America.
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The Attack of Fort Sumpter, near Charleston, South Carolina, was the battlethat started the American Civil War.
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Cass thinks she sees Calinda killing Delphine, but when Mama walked into the room she only saw Calinda tightening Delphine’s corsets.
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Delphine tells Tilly, Mama, Cass, and Noah that Calinda’s real name is Coincoin, but she’s called Calinda no one can dance the Calinda better than her.
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Delphine persuades Tilly, Mama, Cass, and Calinda to go to a showboat where they all dance.
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The Attack of Fort Sumpter, near Charleston, South Carolina, was the battlethat started the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861.
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Noah leaves for the war in September during the night.
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Noah writes that half of his camp is sick with dysentery, and he isn’t sick.
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Dr. Hutchings goes to Camp Defiance, where Noah is stationed, when he hears that there are no doctors working there.
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Dr. Hutchings goes to Camp Defiance, where Noah is stationed, when he hears that there are no doctors working there.
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On November 7, 1861 the Battle of Belmont took place.
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Mama makes Tilly get Noah from his camp after Mama becomes even more stressed with Noah’s absence
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Mama makes Tilly get Noah from his camp after Mama becomes even more stressed with Noah’s absence.
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Delphine and Tilly arrive at Noah’s camp, and after forcing Dr. Hutchings to let them in the quarantined tents, they see Noah and start to clean everything and feed him so that he can regain his health
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Mrs. Hanrahan confronts Delphine for being black, and Delphine admits that she is black and Calinda is her sister.
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Calinda believes that Noah is dead because she read it in the cards, which resulted in Mama committing suicide in the river.
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Noah returns home after the war alive, although he was in a fire that caused him to loose his arm.
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Dr. William Hutchings II visits his family with his children in Grand Tower.
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Dr. William Hutchings II tells his kids the story about Devil’s Backbone, and the ghost that haunts the river, and about Tower Rock, the rock that gave the city its name.
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The kids meet Grandma Tilly her husband Dr. Hutchings, Great Uncle Noah, and Great Aunt Delphine.
