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Matilda (Tillie) Pierce Alleman (1848-1914) was a young girl of 15 and a resident of Gettysburg during the battle of Gettysburg. Her maiden name was Tillie Pierce. During the first day's fighting, Tillie's father, James Pierce, ran a butcher shop in the town. During the first day of fighting at Gettysburg, the Pierces moved Tillie out of the town to a farm, thinking she would be safer there. It turned out that Tillie ended up right behind the Union lines on the second and third day. The farm where she stayed became a field hospital, and this young girl witnessed much suffering and death. Later in life, Mrs. Alleman wrote an account of what she saw, and it is considered a very accurate and excellent first hand source. ...more

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	At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle 4.22 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1889 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunder at Gettysburg by Patricia Lee Gauch, Matilda Pierce Alleman, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1975 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle of Gettysburg As Seen by Two Teens: The Stories of Tillie Pierce and Daniel Skelly by Matilda Pierce Alleman, Frank Meredith (Editor), Dianne E. Dusman (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The battle of Matilda (illustrated): A girl witness at Gettysburg 1863 (Witness to history Book 4) by Matilda Pierce Alleman, Luca Stefano Cristini 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Many a Union soldier would have gone to “Libby” or “Andersonville” had it not been for the loyalty and bravery of some of the citizens in thus secreting them.”
― Matilda Pierce Alleman, At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

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“immortal words of Lincoln nurtured and guarded by a grateful people, this spot for all time to come cannot be other than the nation’s shrine of American virtue, valor and freedom. Here will posterity receive the same inspiration that prompted their ancestors to dare, to do and to die, for the perpetuity of the inestimable blessings that shall have come down to them.”
― Matilda Pierce Alleman, At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

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“Soon the town was filled with infantry, and then the searching and ransacking began in earnest.”
― Matilda Pierce Alleman, At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

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