James Pierce is perhaps best known as the father of Tillie Pierce, the young heroine who authored At Gettysburg: What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle. Yet his story is interesting in its own right. Originally from Maryland, Pierce wore many hats in Gettysburg, serving as a butcher, grocer, property owner, and businessman. […]
Wednesday, May 13th, 3 to 5 p.m. Join historians Jean Howard-Green, Tim Smith, and Andrew Dalton for a special walking tour through Gettysburg’s historic Third Ward, where generations of the town’s Black residents built lives, businesses, churches, and community. Along the way, participants will explore sites connected to Gettysburg’s Black history from before the Civil […]
Born in December 1844, Daniel Skelly was 18 years of age at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg. Like many other townspeople, he witnessed the carnage of the battle and its aftermath firsthand. And like many citizens of the town, he shared his story many times. In 1932, with the help of his son, […]
