Rebels in the Front Yard

Rebels in the Front Yard

Liberty Augusta Hollinger was a sixteen-year old girl living in Gettysburg when the greatest battle ever fought on the North American continent erupted around her. With courage and strength, she dealt with the trials of occupation by the invading Confederate army. In her own front yard she was a witness to the fears of the South's greatest general, Robert E. Lee. For three days she lived with the horror of the battle. After the armies departed she gave herself to the task of caring for the wounded they left behind. Through Liberty's first hand accounts, follow her experiences during the battle, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and finally, the fiftieth Reunion of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg. David Cleutz is a direct descendant of Jacob and Liberty Augusta Hollinger Clutz. David has put many hours of research into this non-fiction work. Some of these eyewitness accounts have never been published before. David Cleutz is the pen name of David Clutz, a direct descendant of Liberty Hollinger, Samuel Forney, and Jacob Clutz. He is a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Col. David Ireland Camp #137. He is also a member of the Binghamton Civil War Roundtable, the Adams County Historical Society (Gettysburg), and the Military Officers Association of America. A native of Mercersburg PA, his family rooted in the Gettysburg & Hanover PA area since 1740, Clutz now resides in Binghamton NY. A frequent lecturer, he is the recipient of the 2010 Award for Excellence in Promoting Local History from the Assn. of Professional Historians of New York State. Writing as David Cleutz, he is also the author of "War & Redemption - A Civil War Tale" and "Fields of Fame & Glory - Col. David Ireland and the 137th NYSV" - a regimental history. He is a graduate of The Mercersburg Academy, earned engineering degrees from Case Institute of Technology (Case Western Reserve University) , and holds an MBA from Binghamton University.