At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

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A touching and thrilling story of a young girl s experiences at the battle of Gettysburg, first published in 1889. Free Read [ At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle ] By [ Matilda Pierce Alleman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle Illustrated by Matilda Pierce Alleman is a great history lesson through the eyes of a girl at the time The brutality she saw, the people she meet, the craziness she witnessed first hand is amazing and frightening b...If you re a history nerd, you will love this book It s a firsthand account of the battle at Gettysburg from the perspective of a young civilian girl who was there written journal style Fascinating Horrific Scandalous It s a super fast read Bought it at Gettysburg, read it...This is a quick read.Tillie was just a girl of fifteen years old when the battle of Gettysburg took place She lived there and saw a lot of horrific things She tells the story of what she witnessed or what her family witnessed during the three day battle at Gettysburg during the Civil War Although this story is really well told and is very beautiful, I wish we were able to learnof Tillie s upbringing and her thoughts during the experience I don t believe I really FELT what she felt It This is a quick read.Tillie was just a girl of fifteen years old when the battle of Gettysburg took place She lived there and saw a lot of horrific things She tells the story of what she witnessed or what her family witnessed during the three day battle at Gettysburg during the Civil War Although this story is really well told and is very beautiful, I wish we were able to learnof Tillie s upbringing and her thoughts during the experience I don t believe I really FELT what she felt It had a lot of sad aspects though and I really liked her perspective on things I went to the Shriver house in which she lived next door to and evacuated with during that time period My tour guide told me about her book which led me to its purchase Tillie even has a detailed map of Gettysburg during that time and a couple other drawings that are really well done I think this would be great for kids to read to learn of a real life experience encoun...I found this book to be quite interesting Tillie Pierce was a 15 year old resident of Gettysburg when the battle took place When the battle started, she was sent to a farm that was south of town, and just east of the two Round Tops She spent the days of the battle giving water to passing soldiers, and she noted with emphasis that she personally gave a cup of water to General Meade When the fighting began on the Round Tops, they fled, and were told to go back to the farm because they were saf I found this book to be quite interesting Tillie Pierce was a 15 year old resident of Gettysburg when the battle took place When the battle started, she was sent to a farm that was south of town, and just east of the two Round Tops She spent the days of the battle giving water to passing soldiers, and she noted with emphasis that she personally gave a cup of water to General Meade When the fighting began on the Round Tops, they fled, and were told to go back to the farm because they were safer with the guns firing over the farm house than to be in the area where the shells were landing The lady of the farm had sent her husband back through the shelling to retrieve a brand new quilted petticoat that she didn t want ruined There are many odd, human stories like this in the book The book doesn t have a plot, persay, so it goes back and forth between describing scenes of gross horror to scenes such as the family contin...I picked this charming little book up on a whim when I was in Gettysburg last week because it s invaluable research for my novel, which also deals with the civilian experience at Gettysburg, and I m so glad I did Tillie Pierce Alleman is a natural storyteller and her account really brings to life wh...I read this book after my first visit to Gettysburg, PA It was a fascinating first person account of what is arguably the most famous Civil War battle I can only imagine the horror the townspeople experienced After reading this, I had to visit Gattysburg again and spent 2 nig...I purchased a variation of this book whilst visiting Gettysburg this past summer Tillie s account of the battle from the civilian perspective is written with incredible detail I look forward to reading aloud portions of her diary to my students during our study of the battle.This was a very interesting account I believe a memoir helps you understandabout a subject, and this one made me visualize the terrors of the civil warthan I have been able to.Eyewitness account written by 15 year old Tillie Pierce who lived through the Battle of Gettysburg She escapes the fighting near her home in Gettysburg with Mrs Schriver on July 1, 1863 Tillie and Mrs Schriver both flee the fighting to stay with Mrs Schriver s father, Jacob Weikert, at his house on the eastern slope of Little Round Top Needless to say what she encounters the next three days is chilling and grisly ...I picked up this book after touring the Shriver s house in Gettysburg This is Tillie s first hand account of what it was like to live in Gettysburg at the time of the infamous horrific battle.She relays the horrors of what she saw, but also recounts her efforts to be helpful By baking bread and handing out water to the soldiers In a time of unimagina...

At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle
  • English
  • 17 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 72 pages
  • 1409915611
  • Matilda Pierce Alleman
  • At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle