I think that some of the reasoning behind Moses Cooper letting Adam Fight in the war was that Adam was no longer a small child like his brother Levi. He was growing up, and if he told Adam not to fight in the war he Probably would have anyway. Quote «If I had forbade him to sign that Muster book then and there, I would have lost a son. Is that what you want? But I saw him there so tall and strong I could have wept. You can't shelter Him. There comes a time, and this is that time» (page 75.) I think that Moses had to die in order for the story to continue because If he had lived I don't think that the Battle would have been such a alarming Experience for Adam, and because of the traumaticness of watching his Father's death Adam was able to grow up and become more of a man.
Some of the actions of Moses's death were Adam went into a state of Almost shock, and wept and mourned over his father's death «I sat there and Cried. I hadn't cried so much since I was a small boy... Another result of Moses's death was the meeting of Adam and Solomon Chandler even though Their good friendship only lasted for a brief time
April morning essay