• One day a group of 20 Rebel soldiers arrives at the tavern and Tim hides in the woods to watch what they will do.
• The soldiers threaten Father and Mother and hit Father on the face with a sword when he does not relinquish the family gun.
• The soldiers do not believe Father when he tells the soldiers that Sam took the family gun to war.
• Tim finds Sam at Tom Warrups' shack, takes the gun from a sleeping Sam and runs away.
• Sam chases Tim and the brothers wrestle with Sam getting the gun away from Tim.
• Sam takes the risk of being seen at the tavern and accompanies Tim home where Sam cannot face his father and runs away.
My Brother Sam is Dead, BookRags