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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Page 11
... Little Round Top . " On the very top of " Little Round Top , " we had heavy rifled guns in position during the battle . Near the right of the line is a small , woody eminence , named " Culp's Hill . " Three roads come up to the town ...
... Little Round Top . " On the very top of " Little Round Top , " we had heavy rifled guns in position during the battle . Near the right of the line is a small , woody eminence , named " Culp's Hill . " Three roads come up to the town ...
Page 13
... Round Top , with its left resting near " Little Round Top . " The left of the Third Corps was the extreme left of the line of battle , until changes occurred , which will be men- tioned in the proper place . The Fifth Corps - Gen. Sykes ...
... Round Top , with its left resting near " Little Round Top . " The left of the Third Corps was the extreme left of the line of battle , until changes occurred , which will be men- tioned in the proper place . The Fifth Corps - Gen. Sykes ...
Page 15
... Round Top . At the Cemetery , where is Cemetery Ridge , to which the line of the Eleventh Corps conforms , is the ... little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred ...
... Round Top . At the Cemetery , where is Cemetery Ridge , to which the line of the Eleventh Corps conforms , is the ... little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred ...
Page 19
... top of Little Round Top , with their powerful glasses , and the cavalry at the extreme left , began to report the enemy in heavy force , making dis- position of battle , to the West of Round Top , and opposite to the left of the Third ...
... top of Little Round Top , with their powerful glasses , and the cavalry at the extreme left , began to report the enemy in heavy force , making dis- position of battle , to the West of Round Top , and opposite to the left of the Third ...
Page 36
... little ill- natured . Newton is a well - sized , shapely , muscular , well dressed man , with brown hair , with a very ruddy , clean- shaved , full face , blue eyes , blunt , round features , walks very erect , curbs in his chin , and ...
... little ill- natured . Newton is a well - sized , shapely , muscular , well dressed man , with brown hair , with a very ruddy , clean- shaved , full face , blue eyes , blunt , round features , walks very erect , curbs in his chin , and ...
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