Produced by MFR, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: “NOW LET’S PLAY IT’S A REAL PARTY.”] 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. [Illustration] _Illustrated by_ ISABEL W. CALEY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1922 COPYRIGHT 1922 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY [Illustration] 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