Even Luke's commander relents in letting them go after Luke says that he gave his word that they'd get back.
Friendly Enemy: The trading scene mentioned above, but John's brother Luke invites John and his two cousins to a barn dance behind enemy lines. Foregone Conclusion: The North won the war Lincoln was assassinated. Neither die, but the German ends up humiliated once again. Duel to the Death: John is challenged to a duel by a German suitor of Cathy's after letting her and a third suitor know that he fled a fallen Kathy after their carriage crashed into a crater. The most he does is a stern shaking of the head when a bumbling private misfires his rifle while loading. The sergeant who trains the conscripts isn't portrayed like any drill instructor seen before. His dream about Mary is a double-subversion. Dreaming of Things to Come: Jonas Steele does this. Death Seeker: Jonas, between Mary's death and Kathy's comforting him at the hospital. One soldier said that he heard the doctor boast that he had killed more rebels than any soldier on the front. Deadly Doctor: The doctor at Elmira prison camp is said to be this by the Confederate POWs. He takes the third option of being a correspondent. 
Conflicting Loyalty: John doesn't want to fight for the south but doesn't want to join the Union out of fear that he'll be forced to shoot one of his own brothers. Color-Coded for Your Convenience: It's in the title. The Cassandra: In an interview with John and another reporter, a condemned John Brown states that there will be trouble ahead. 
The Caretaker: John's fiance and later wife, Kathy, becomes a nurse after being placed in a wagon containing wounded troops after the first battle of Bull Run. Choosing the latter, Luke and Grundy are shot down on the second mission Grundy is killed, and Luke is taken prisoner (in a time before the Geneva Convention protected prisoners' rights) by the North, not to be released until toward the end of the war. Their CO catches them, and gives them a choice of thirty days latrine duty, or joining the balloon corps. Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Luke and Grundy sneak John and his Northern cousins accross Confederate lines for "a bit of fun". 
It's more vague, however, to the status of the black housekeeper/maid. Jonathon is explicitly stated to be a freedman who rents property on the Geyser farm, and Pa Geyser refuses to participate in his lynching by a corrupt sheriff.
Emma seems to be the most racist and wants to own slaves.
But Not Too Evil: The Geyser family is southern and supports secession, but their stance on slavery is-for the most part-unknown. His brother notes that they'd just crossed a creek. He confesses this to his brother and fears that everyone will notice. Bring My Brown Pants: Malachi wets himself at Bull Run. Bright Slap: John gives one of these to Kathy at Bull Run.
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