The Battle of GettysburgThis account of Gettysburg was written by Haskell to his brother, shortly after the battle, and was not intended for publication. This fact ought to be borne in mind in connection with some severe reflections cast by the author upon certain officers and soldiers of the Union army. The present text follows the unabridged reprint of the Wisconsin Historical Commission; and the notes on Haskell's estimates of numbers and losses have been supplied by Colonel Thomas L. Livermore, the well-known authority on this subject. Also contains seven historical civil war documents. Reprinted from the Harvard Classic's edition of 1910 |
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... Cemetery , " which , as a reserve , had not participated in the fight of the day , and this Division was now of course steady . Around this Division the fugitives were stopped , and the shattered Brigades and Regiments , as they ...
... Cemetery , " which , as a reserve , had not participated in the fight of the day , and this Division was now of course steady . Around this Division the fugitives were stopped , and the shattered Brigades and Regiments , as they ...
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... Cemetery , and the work of preparation was speedily going on . Men looked like giants there in the mist , and the guns of the frowning batteries so big , that it was a relief to know that they were our friends . Without a topographical ...
... Cemetery , and the work of preparation was speedily going on . Men looked like giants there in the mist , and the guns of the frowning batteries so big , that it was a relief to know that they were our friends . Without a topographical ...
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... Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some of its batteries and troops , actually among the graves and monuments , which they used for shelter from the enemy's fire , its ...
... Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some of its batteries and troops , actually among the graves and monuments , which they used for shelter from the enemy's fire , its ...
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... Cemetery , extends a long ridge or hill more resembling a great wave than a hill , however with its crest , which was the line of battle , quite direct , between the points mentioned . To the West of this , that is towards the enemy ...
... Cemetery , extends a long ridge or hill more resembling a great wave than a hill , however with its crest , which was the line of battle , quite direct , between the points mentioned . To the West of this , that is towards the enemy ...
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... Cemetery , where is Cemetery Ridge , to which the line of the Eleventh Corps conforms , is the highest point in our line , except Round Top . From this the ground falls quite abruptly to the town , the nearest point of which is some ...
... Cemetery , where is Cemetery Ridge , to which the line of the Eleventh Corps conforms , is the highest point in our line , except Round Top . From this the ground falls quite abruptly to the town , the nearest point of which is some ...
Contents
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Lincolns Gettysberg Address 1863 | 97 |
Proclamation of Amnesty 1836 | 98 |
Lincolns Letter to Mrs Bixby 1864 | 102 |
Terms of Lees Surrender At Appomattox 1865 | 103 |
Lees Farewell to His Army 1865 | 105 |
Lincolns Second Inaugural Address 1865 | 106 |
Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection At an End 1866 | 109 |
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12th corps 1st of July advance arms army artillery assault attack Baltimore Pike batteries Battle of Gettysburg brigade bullet cannonade captured cavalry Cemetery Cemetery Ridge command conflict crest Culp's Hill dead declare Eleventh Corps Emmetsburg road enemy enemy's eyes faces field Fifth Corps fight fire flags flank Fredericksburg front further ground guns Hancock and Gibbon hands heard horses hundred infantry Iron Brigade killed and wounded Lieut line of battle Little Round Top looked loss Meade ment mentioned morning move muskets night o'clock officers places position Potomac prisoners proclamation rear Rebel rebellion regiments repulsed result ridge roar rode Round Top Second Corps Second Division shells shot Sickles skirmishers slope smoke soldiers sound Stonewall Jackson storm Taneytown road Texas Third Corps Third Division thousand to-day town trees troops Twelfth Corps United victory wall William Pittenger woods yards yesterday