Tillie (Pierce) Alleman--Gettysburg or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

[Gay Mathis]

At Gettysburg or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle: A True Narrative (New York: W. Lake Borland, 1889)--Tillie (Pierce) Alleman  [1848-1914]: 

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/alleman/gettysburg/gettysburg.html

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Gay

[Gary of CA]

I originally scoffed at the idea of buying her book.  That didn't last long and I bought a reprint from the National Park bookstore in Gettysburg.  Tillie says she meet General Weed after he was mortally wounded at Little Round Top and he extracted a promise from her to visit him the next day.  Unfortunately, he passed away before she arrived (and she thereupon learned his identity).  Lesson: Civilian accounts will provide information or insights you may not find in a soldier's account.

[ole]

Lesson: Civilian accounts will provide information or insights you may not find in a soldier's account.

Excellent observation, Gary. As faulty as memoires can be in the study of history, some of the comments do turn on lights that hadn't been there.

ole