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They Were Civilians

At Gettysburg or What A Girl Saw & Heard of the Battle by Tillie Pierce Alleman

The Shrivers' Story: Eyewitnesses to the Battle of Gettysburg by Nancie W. Gudmestad

July 8, 2019 by Ale Leave a Comment

I’ve been to Gettysburg National Park several times over the past four years in a reenacting capacity, which while fun, means I am the tourist program, so I don’t actually get to do the touristy things. This summer, hubby and I decided we were going to go ‘off season’ to actually enjoy the town and museum. Since we’ve done the battlefield monuments and military exhibits ad nauseum as reenactors, I thought it only fitting to check out the Shriver House Museum, which explains the civilian […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, civil war, civilian stories, first hand account, history/schmistory, primary source, Shriver House Museum

Ale's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, civil war, civilian stories, first hand account, history/schmistory, primary source, Shriver House Museum ·
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A Window to the Past

The Civil War Journal of Pvt. Heyward Emmell, Ambulance & Infantry Corps by Heyward Emmell

March 4, 2019 by Ale 1 Comment

The backstory to this read is I’m part of a very nerdy hobby where my hubby and I dress in funny clothes and teach the public about American Civil War history.  (aren’t we adorable?) As such, I end up looking for obscure primary sources about the people who didn’t end up having movies made about them. I was very happy to stumble across “The Civil War Journal of Pvt. Heyward Emmell,” and the story of how the diary came to be purchasable on Amazon is […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, American Civil War, Diary, first hand account, New Jersey history, primary resource

Ale's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, American Civil War, Diary, first hand account, New Jersey history, primary resource ·
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