They leave all civility, take a cowardly gun and go to the neighbour's farmhouse, whose cousin is married to theirs, then murder the boy who could become a soldier, humiliate and renounce all sense of community, burn the home, steal the livestock, take any money from the victims and send the remaining souls, having lost all, on a foot journey into the unknown.
The boy may fight in the American Civil War,
( z1 possible :ARG1 ( z2 fight :ARG0 ( z3 boy ) :ARG2 ( z4 war :name ( z5 name :op "American" :op "Civil" :op "War" ) ) ) )