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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... July 13 , 1828. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854 , and went to Madison , Wisconsin , to practice law . On the outbreak of the War , he received a commission as First Lieutenant of Company I of the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer ...
... July 13 , 1828. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854 , and went to Madison , Wisconsin , to practice law . On the outbreak of the War , he received a commission as First Lieutenant of Company I of the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer ...
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... July found the enemy near Gettysburg and to the West , and promptly engaged him . The First Corps having bivouacked the night before , South of the town , came up rapidly to Buford's support , and immediately a sharp battle was opened ...
... July found the enemy near Gettysburg and to the West , and promptly engaged him . The First Corps having bivouacked the night before , South of the town , came up rapidly to Buford's support , and immediately a sharp battle was opened ...
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... July closed here . I suppose our losses during the day would exceed four thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade ...
... July closed here . I suppose our losses during the day would exceed four thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade ...
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... July . Gen. Hancock was hopeful , and in the best of spirits ; and from him I also learned that the reason for halting the Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of ...
... July . Gen. Hancock was hopeful , and in the best of spirits ; and from him I also learned that the reason for halting the Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of ...
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... July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the side of the Taneytown road upon which it had marched , while some movements of the other troops were ...
... July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the side of the Taneytown road upon which it had marched , while some movements of the other troops were ...
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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