A YANKEE GIRL
AT
FORT SUMTER

BY

ALICE TURNER CURTIS

AUTHOR OF
The Little Maid's Historical Series, etc.

Illustrated by ISABEL W. CALEY

PHILADELPHIA
1920





INTRODUCTION


Sylvia Fulton, a little Boston girl, was staying with her father and
mother in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, just before
the opening of the Civil War. She had become deeply attached to her new
friends, and their chivalrous kindness toward the little northern girl,
as well as Sylvia's perilous adventure in Charleston Harbor, and the
amusing efforts of the faithful negro girl to become like her young
mistress, all tend to make this story one that every little girl will