Imagine being fifteen years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.S. soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in southern Pennsylvania. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion, Tillie and other Gettysburg citizens helped save the lives of countless wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. In gripping prose, Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the of Battle Gettysburg takes readers behind the scenes. And through Tillie's own words, the story of one of the Civil War's most famous battles comes alive.
"This book offers a unique perspective through the eyes of a young woman who observed and survived the worst of war."
School Library Journal
"An extraordinary story of one teen's courage and determination as a bloody battle rages all around her."
New York Journal of Books
"An insightful perspective on one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old girl....Her eyewitness observations are vivid and compelling....Tillie's words bring the sights, sounds and smells of a civilian and teenager experiencing war straight to today's readers in a way a retrospective account cannot."
