So in the summer of 1864, Ebenezer prepares to go to ...

So in the summer of 1864, Ebenezer prepares to go to war and his wife happens to be confined to bed. She has just delivered a child and it was a very difficult delivery and she's not fit to run the plantation--and isn't going to be for quite a while. So the management of Somerset Plantation devolves on the oldest child, 16-year-old Anne Carter.