Chapter 1

The setting of the story is during the civil war about a boy named Henry, who finds a path up the river that leads behind the enemy army, while washing his clothes in the river. He tells his mom that he wants to join the army but she said no and not to speak anymore about it. The next day Henry goes into town and enlists to the army. He tells his mother that he enlisted and she tells him to be a good person like his father was. Henry meets Jim, a loud man and a youth, who are talking if Henry's regiment will fight or run. Jim says that if the people will fight he would fight.

Who is the loud man and the youth and why didn't they give their names?