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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Quindaro Press Call No: HI-INT 973.7 AND Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies shot millions of rounds of ammunition. In the arsenals of the North and South, the job of restocking their supplies fell to the gunpowder girls. These young women and girls - some as young as nine - were mostly poor immigrants new to America. They worked long hours handling dangerous chemicals with little training. On several occasions, someone's carelessness led to disaster.
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2021., Juvenile, Quindaro Press Call No: 338.47 And Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Investigates the true stories of Catherine Burkhart, Mary Ryan, and Kate Horan, young immigrant women put to work packing gunpowder into bullets for the North and South during the American Civil War.
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c2013, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 973.7 349 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Imagine being fifteen years old and witnessing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.S. soil. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion, Tillie and other Gettysburg citizens saved the lives of countless wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.
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c2013., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: HI INT 973.7 AND Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the experiences of ordinary teenager Tillie Pierce during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, as she helped save wounded Union and Confederate soldiers during the bloody, three-day battle.
