Chapter I: Front Matter

A YANKEE GIRL
AT
SHILOH

By

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.

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 information 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.

Contents

I. “BERRY” 9

II. MOLLIE BRAGG 21

III. SCHOOL 38

IV. A CABIN PARTY 50

V. LILY 58

VI. SECRETS 67

VII. A SURPRISE 77

VIII. LILY’S STORY 86

IX. THE WITCH’S TREE 96

X. BERRY IN DANGER 106

XI. THE MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE 118

XII. ORSON’S MISTAKE 127

XIII. BERRY RECEIVES A MESSAGE 135

XIV. ON GUARD 149

XV. SOLDIERS ON SHILOH RIDGE 169

XVI. BERRY IS TAKEN PRISONER 177

XVII. THE EVENING BEFORE SHILOH 185

XVIII. AFTER THE BATTLE 194

XIX. GENERAL GRANT 204

Illustrations

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“Now Let’s Play It’s a Real Party” _Frontispiece_

Without a Word Berry Pointed to the Heavy Rock 119

“Here Is the Little Messenger of Whom I Told You” 209

A Yankee Girl at Shiloh