2. Roswell Mill
✦ Made “Confederate Gray”
material to make soldier
uniforms
✦ Ran by a Frenchman, Mr.
Roche. (The owners went
to Savannah)
✦ Would the Union soldier
care if the mill was up and
running?
4. Burning Bridges
✦ Why did the Confederate
soldiers burn their own
bridge?
✦ What does it mean now,
figuratively, to “burn a
bridge”?
5. Rosellen
✦ Why does Rosellen tell
Hannalee on page 35 to
stay with her and do what
she (Rosellen) says to do?
✦ Why did Hannalee and
Jem put dirt all over
Rosellen’s neck and hair on
page 36?
6. Traitors.
On page 42, a Yankee officer
told the mill workers that they
were traitors to the Union
army. Why?
7. Away on a horse
✦ Why did the Yankee
soldiers on page 46 start
to put the mill workers
on the backs of their
horses and take them
away?
✦ Will Jem, Rosellen and
Hannalee stay together?