Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg By Tanya Anderson
Tillie Pierce was a teen when the Battle of Gettysburg began to erupt in her small town. Tillie’s family thought she would be safer outside of town, at the farm of a neighbor’s parents, away from where they thought the fighting would happen. Instead, Tillie and the neighbor’s family found their farm in the midst of horrific shelling and bullets whizzing close by. At one point, Tillie and the others found themselves running through a field as shells exploded around them! What Tillie probably remembered the most was the aftermath of the battle. The sheer amount of dead was almost beyond comprehension.
Recommended for 7th grade and up.