Chapter 23

Anne POV

When I received her letter last fall, I was livid. How dare my daughter defy me and refuse to go to the convent. It would have been the best thing for her. She would have been cared for, had a home to live in, and food to eat. In addition to that, she would have been able to fulfill her service to the Lord by aiding the men fighting in the war.

It was nonsense in my opinion, men fighting over who had the right to dictate what each could or couldn’t do. We were all united under one cause. The government was there for our protection against other nations, but shouldn’t have absolute rule. But no one listened to the thoughts of women.

So, I did what I could from my home in Illinois. As the soldiers passed through, I fed them, let them sleep in the barn and patched their wounds. It didn’t matter to me if they wore blue or grey. They were all men, just the same.

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