Across Five Aprils (1990)

Jethro Creighton Todd Duffey is a young man of nine years from Southern Illinois who is growing up during the outbreak of the American Civil War Helping his father farm is all he really knows This makes things difficult when his kin fights for the Union Army as well as the Rebel cause He doesnt know who what to do Should he fight for the Yankees the Rebs or just continue working on the farm He has a cousin who is a deserter which he helps with food and a blanket this is a crime not taken lightly He writes Abraham Lincoln for advice on the matter The president responds in a letter which guides him some but more or less provides him with comfort when a nine year old is in the midst of war what is more important