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96 pp.
| Twenty-First Century
| April, 2013
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LibraryISBN 978-1-4677-0692-6$34.60
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YA
Anderson uses Pierce's memoirs to render a vivid account of the fighting that unfolded around 1863 Gettysburg. The fifteen-year-old was inadvertently caught in the horrors of the Civil War as the farmhouse in which she was staying was used as a hospital, and she was called upon to help care for the wounded. Archival photographs accompany the engaging text. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.