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 * My Brother Sam** ** is Dead **
 * Chapter 1 **

Sam / Tim Mr. Beach ( minister) Captain Arnold Mother / Father Connecticut ( Redding) April / Tavern – Tim’s home, 1775
 * Characters: **
 * Setting **

Father ( Eliphalet - Life) Tom Warrick ( native american) Mother: Susannah (patriots) Betsy: Sam’s girlfriend Redding – small town / Talked about New Haven and Fairfield
 * Main Event **
 * Red Coats marched through Lexington and Concord looking for Mr. Adams and Hancock as well as ammo supplies
 * When the Red Coats headed for Boston, they were ambushed by Minutemen and chased back to Boston
 * Sam comes home from college and was happily sharing news to his family about the British defeat and gets into an argument with his father. ( Torry/loyalist)
 * Sam comes home for Brown Bess ( gun) father says no.
 * Chapter 2 **
 * Characters: **
 * Setting: **
 * Main Events: **
 * Went to church where Mr. Beach had a sermon against the rebellion
 * Went to Tom Warrick’s shack to see Sam
 * Tim was asked to keep an ear out to know what British are up to
 * Tim sees gun and is put in a difficult position of choosing between sam and dad


 * Chapter 3 **

Jerry Sanford … Tim’s friend Summer through October
 * Characters: **
 * Setting: **


 * Main Events: **
 * Betsy spoke to Tim about whether she could trust him to keep quiet if she were to tell him that Sam was coming home. ( he said yes)


 * A 2 months, Betsy signaled at the Tavern that Sam was home.


 * Chapter 4 **


 * Characters: **

Redding, november 1776
 * Setting: **
 * Main Events: **


 * Rebel /Patriots had ridden into Redding to collect Torry weapons. They stopped at the Tavern and harassed Life
 * Tim Ran to Tom Warruck’s to find Sam. When he found Sam sound asleep with the gun, he decided to take it from Sam.
 * Sam chases Tim. Then, after Sam gets his gun back, he tells him he ran away for a couple of days but he can’t be seen in Redding or he’ll be hung for being a deserter.
 * Sam agreed to go back to the tavern with Timmy to see if father was alright. Once at the tavern, father saw Sam and he turned and ran away.


 * Chapter 5 **

Mr. Heron.. rich torry and owned slaves Spring, April 1776
 * Characters **
 * Setting **
 * Main Events: **
 * Tim now realizes that this war is real and not some war taking place in far away lands.


 * War was also affecting food and supplies increasing prices, making life more difficult.


 * Mr. Heron came to the tavern to see if Tim could go to Fairfield for him to carry some business letters. Life said no and later told Tim that those were no business letters. He doesn’t trust Mr. Heron.


 * Tim found an excuse to get away to deliver business letters to Fairfield.


 * Chapter 6 **


 * Characters **
 * Setting **
 * Main Events **
 * Tim lied to his father so he could carry letters for Mr. Heron
 * Tim was asked to deliver the letter to Mr. Burr in Fairfield
 * On his way he ran into Betsy. Through their conversation, Betsy realized the letter Tim had was from Mr. Heron who she thinks is sending information to the Lobsterbacks.
 * Betsy stole the letter from Tim, the letter read “if this message is received, we will know the messenger is reliable.


 * Chapter 7 **

Cowboys Tavern : Fall 1776 / Oct-Nov
 * Characters: **
 * Setting **
 * Main Event **
 * There is a shortage in food and clothes because of the war and everyone is living a hard life.
 * Mother and father were having a fight about Sam’s letter that were sent home
 * Father gathered cattle to sell at verplank point so him and time could sell them for a high price to get supplies for the tavernOn their trip, Tim and Life get in trouble with a gang of cattle thieves. Life is beat up and some people living nearby scare the cattle thieves off.
 * The family escorts them safely to New York.


 * Chapter 8 **

Mr., Mrs. Platt, Mr. Bogardus: life sells to
 * Characters **

New York, Winter cold.. cloudy / snowy
 * Setting **
 * Main Events **
 * Tim and Father stay at cousins house in New York. ( talks with cousin about being a loyalist) Talked about their encounters with the cowboys.


 * Tim and Life left next day to go to Verplancks Point. Life sells all cattle and hogs to Mr. Bogartus and stayed at Life’s friends home near Mohegan before heading home.


 * Father and Tim decided on taking the more dangerous shorter route so that they could get home sooner. But snow forced them to stop off at their cousins ( platts.) before making it home.
 * Chapter 9 **

Father is still gone and they are worried. Tim’s life has changed a lot, father and sam are not around to help at the tavern. Shortage of supplies prices still going up. Spring, 1777 British come into Redding and take Captain Betts, Mr. Rogers, Jerry Sanford after leaving Mr. Heron’s house A rebell messenger went to Redding to warn of a british advance but the British were already on their way to Dr. Hobart’s house and they shot the messanger. Tim saw British troops kill all the rebells at Mr. Star’s house and set it on fire. Tim hears from wounded man that continental troops from Benedicts regiment are expected to arrive in Redding. Tim hopes his brother is still with benedict and hopes to see him again. Tim saw a man running down the street to his tavern (captain Betts) who was taken from the british. He was let go but Jerry Sanford and two other were kept. When the continental troops arrived Tim went looking for Sam Tim found Sam at church and Sam knows father was gone and he tried to find but couldn’t Sam and mother talk, Sam tells mother he is re-enlisting against her wishes
 * Characters: **
 * Setting: Still heading home. **
 * Main Event: **
 * On their way home, father would ride ahead to check for cowboys.
 * During their ride father doesn’t come back for a long time and tim goes to look for him.
 * In the dark hours tim saw what he thought were the cowboys, Upon reaching them, Tim fooled the cowboys into going away by pretending he is part of an ambush.
 * Chapter 10 **
 * Characters: ** Ned slave of patriots / Samuel Smith: Ned’s owner /
 * Setting: ** End of April, 1777 / Tavern ( winter came and went
 * Main Events: **
 * Chapter 11 **
 * Characters: ** Mr. Hobart ( doctor)
 * Setting: April, 1777 **
 * Main Events: **

Life died on prison ship because of a disease. Dead a month. A food shortage in Redding. Tim sees Betsy and she tells him jerry is dead Sam comes back into Redding / talks to family and then to betsy’s house telling them he’ll be around for winter. (camping in Redding) Sam warned them about watching their cattle. One day Tim, Sam, Mother heard noises in barn and they found their cattle missing. Sam looks for cattle. He is caught by Rebel soldiers who take him away ( frame him)
 * Chapt 12 **
 * CharactersSetting: June 17, 1777 to January 1778 **
 * Main events **

Tim and mother talk about sam and then Tim went to talk to colonel parsons who said he doesn’t make the decisions about freeing sam. Continentals put sam in court and the jury said he stole the cow and also that he wasn’t supposed to be with his family and he is supposed to be shot on Feb. 16th Tim went to colonel parson to tell him Sam didn’t do it. Parson says h might consider letting him out and gives him permission to see him in jail. Colonel parson gives tim a letter to see gereral putnum to see if he can get sam out of jail.
 * Chapter 13 **
 * Characters: **
 * Setting: Colonel Reid / General Putnum / Edward JonesRedding, February. **
 * Main Events: **


 * Chapter 14 **
 * Characters: **
 * Setting: February 13 -16 **
 * Main Events **
 * Colonel Reid went to the tavern to tell mother that general Putnum didn’t accept their plea for clemency.
 * One night mother and tim are at the fireplace and tim grabs the bayonette and head to rescue sam.


 * Tim first went to try and rescue sam but he failed and got shot in the shoulder


 * The next morning tim goes to encampment and sees soldiers getting hung and shot and finally tim sees sam and sees soldiers shoot him dead.