Mary Pope Osborne's book, part of the relaunch of the my America series, tells the story of ginny, a young girl who keeps a journal during the Civil War's battle of gettysburg. Virginia dickens has promised to keep a jou...Mary Pope Osborne's book, part of the relaunch of the my America series, tells the story of ginny, a young girl who keeps a journal during the Civil War's battle of gettysburg. Virginia dickens has promised to keep a journal for her older brother jed.