Interesting read. A rather dry account of what happened to this girl during those faithfull days of battle, but I don't mind it being so matter-of-fact.
I was afraid her account of those days would be highly romanticized, given that she was 15 at the time and penned this 30 years later, but it wasn't. It was very much 'slice-of-life', and illustrates what citizens went through during battle. Her account feels very true. ( )

A quick read, what really shines about this book is the little interactions between the author, who was 15 at the time of the battle, and the soliders she meets. It brings history to life in a way that a textbook never will. ( )

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 unimaginable destruction and gore she truly is an American hero, for they come in all shapes and sizes, not just those who fight.
When picking up books that are older sometimes the language gets to me with over-formality, but this book read just fine, like a modern day novel. I am not typically one for non-fiction either, but this was a book that I didn't mind making the exception. I finished reading Tillie's account with horrific imagery in my head, but also with a new understanding for those on the home-front during wartimes. ( )

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 but told so well that anyone could picture it in their mind's eye. I love books like this, from the source, history from the mouth of those who lived it, rare, scared, and not so bravely. ( )

It is a short book told by a woman who witnessed the battle there. He account is said to pretty accurate, except for one part but that is explained as a memory error as she reported went over to the site a couple of days later. Since the book was written many years later, it is thought she just got her facts mixed up. It is a wonderful first-hand account. ( )