![]() ![]() ![]() Despite his momentary weakness, Eb has a strong conscience and doesn’t want to bear the humiliation of desertion or the responsibility of abandoning his comrades, so when President Abraham Lincoln declares a temporary amnesty for all deserters who are willing to rejoin the ranks, Eb jumps at the opportunity. Sometime after Shiloh, however, Eb deserts the ranks due to illness, trauma, and overwhelming homesickness. Unlike Tom, he survives the Battle of Shiloh. The realities of war begin to dawn on him as early as the campaign on Forts Henry and Donelson, where he and Tom witness soldiers dying of exposure after they foolishly leave blankets and coats behind to lighten their loads. Eighteen years old when the Civil War breaks out, Eb expresses faith in the Northern cause and volunteers to join the Union army as soon as he can. ![]() Eb Carron is Matthew Creighton’s nephew, although he grows up alongside the rest of the Creighton children- John, Bill, Tom, Mary, Jenny, and Jethro-after his parents die when he is a child. ![]()
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