The Battle of Gettysburg As Seen by Two Teens: The Stories of Tillie Pierce and Daniel Skelly

by Matilda Pierce Alleman

Book Overview

There have been a great number of books written about the critical Battle of Gettysburg, but few of them convey the drama and emotion experienced firsthand by Tillie Pierce (a 15-year-old school girl) and Dan Skelly (an 18-year-old store clerk.) Their stories are among the best civilian observations of the war. Matilda "Tillie" Pierce Alleman self-published "At Gettysburg: What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle" (1888), and Daniel Skelly wrote "A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449900895
• ISBN13: 9781449900892
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"