A YANKEE GIRL AT SHILOH   

By Alice Turner Curtis 

Alice Turner Curtis

Author of

     The Little Maid’s Historical Series, “A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter,” “A Yankee Girl at Bull Run,” etc.   

Illustrated by ISABEL W. CALEY

     THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1922   

       COPYRIGHT 1922 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY     

       A Yankee Girl at Shiloh     

 Made in the U. S. A. 

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       Introduction     

     Mrs. Curtis in the two other books of this set, “A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter” and “A Yankee Girl at Bull Run,” has told delightful stories of little Northern heroines at these great battles.   

     In this present story Berenice Arnold with her mother and father came from Vermont to the mountains of Tennessee in order that Mr. Arnold might regain his health. During the second winter of their stay the Armies of the North and the South began to draw closer to Shiloh, which was not far from the Arnold cabin. Berry had many exciting adventures. She found a young runaway slave-girl, who was sheltered by her parents and proved a devoted friend. She was mistaken for a boy by a Southern spy because of the fact that she wore blue corduroy knickerbockers. He tried to force her to bear secret messages to his Commander, but Berry, braving his anger and the misunderstandings in the Northern camp, managed to give military information4 to the Northern Army, which enabled it to gain a complete victory. Her deed was so splendid that General Grant himself visited the Arnold cabin to dine with Berry and thank her personally.   

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