"Virginia Dickens is a fictional character created by the author and her diary is a work of fiction"--Copyright page.
Summary:
In 1863, as the Civil War approaches her quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nine-year-old Virginia records in a journal the horrible things she witnesses before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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