When Mr Lincoln from Illinois became the President in 1860, Mrs Cook soon realized that her world would be as affected as the rest of the country. Awful news was spreading fast , States were actually trying to leave the Union, The South had fired upon one of our Forts. She became very fearful, And her life became forever changed when her son rushed through the door one day, flush with patriotic furver, "Ma" he said Billy, James, and Fred Carver are all signing up to fight, and so am I!" " No" she begged, bursting into tears, "I won't let you!" "I have to Ma, How could I let my friends go, I would be a coward, We have to defend our Country!" "Let the boy go have his adventure" Her husband said, talk is it will be over in three months, and he will come home, and be ready to settle down!" Her Sons fiance cried as well, but she also was a romantic, and begged him to write long letters, and hold her image, that she had just had taken, next to his heart. And so in a heartbeat he was gone. Mrs Cook prayed for his safe travels, but deep in her heart she wondered if she would ever see him again.
As the months went by She received some letters at first from him, But after the First real battle near Washington, The letters ceased to come.
Mr Cook decided to go to Washington, to find out anything he could on the whereabouts of his only child, Mrs Cook was to stay behind, with her sons fiance staying with her, to help run the farm. It was the time of year where the hardest chore was maintaining the Animals, and her now reduced household duties.
She received some letters from her Husband, but she would never know about the rumors that her son had fled from battle, or that he had picked up vices that he had never had back on the farm, and some would say he had been convinced to flee to the West, and have some real adventurers. Others would say he had been killed in the battle. It was more honorable to say that. Either way, Mrs Cook had no idea where her beloved son was , she just had a broken heart and it was playing on her mind heavily.
Time passed and her Husband was still not home, one day she received a letter from him saying that some friends he had met urged him to help out the war effort by becoming a Cook, He was too old to fight but good men were being recruited, He suggested that she come down to be with him because they could use woman to help in the war effort. He would arrange that the farm would be looked after. She did not want to go, but she was lonely for him. She convinced her sons fiance to go with her, and she agreed, hoping to find out her fiances fate, and wanting to play her small part in the war effort.
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