the story of Tillie Pierce page 2

the story of Tillie Pierce page 2 by ric gustafson


Tillie Pierce was born in Gettysburg in 1848. At the time of her birth, the town was a farm based community of about 2400 residents. They walked on muddy streets, had picnics in the summer and picked berries in the hot and humid summer. In the fall, they harvested and preserved crops. In the winter, they stayed warm under quilts and stoked fireplaces to stay warm. Tillie Pierce lived on Baltimore Street just three blocks from the center of town.
Next door to the Pierces lived George Shriver and his wife Hettie. They had two little girls and their two houses were very close to each other. Both houses were two story redbrick townhouses with a wood shingled roof. Both homes had two large rooms, a parlor and a sitting room. Both houses had an attic and each had a small backyard.
In July 1863, both families would get closer than they could ever imagined.


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