Shades of Gray

Hank comes by with a letter from the twins, but Jed will not respond to Hank’s call until Hank calls him by name. Will resolves to never call the man Uncle Jed. He shows Hank his father’s saber and the Civil War uniform buttons he collected from battlefields. Hank is impressed that Will’s father killed men in war because his father did not, but Will feels like it is improper to boast about death. Will says Hank would know all about the war, just like Will, if there were battles near Hank’s home and if Hank had a brother like Charlie who fought in the war. Too late, Will realizes that he just admitted Charlie was his brother.

Hank is surprised to hear that Will’s father volunteered to fight and shows Will a Yankee belt plate that his brother traded a Yankee for after a battle. Will is shocked to hear that Hank’s brother traded with a Yankee. When Hank explains that the Yankee was just a farm boy and that Tom also got some bacon in the trade, Will says he would never do such a thing, no matter how hungry he was.