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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... battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in disorganized masses they fled into the town , THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 5.
... battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in disorganized masses they fled into the town , THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 5.
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. Back in disorganized masses they fled into the town , hotly pursued , and in lanes , in barns , in yards and cellars , throw- ing away their arms , they sought to hide like rabbits , and were there captured ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. Back in disorganized masses they fled into the town , hotly pursued , and in lanes , in barns , in yards and cellars , throw- ing away their arms , they sought to hide like rabbits , and were there captured ...
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... masses were still out of view . From the time that the firing com- menced , as I have mentioned , it was kept up , among the skirmishers , until quite noon , often briskly ; but with no definite results further than those mentioned ...
... masses were still out of view . From the time that the firing com- menced , as I have mentioned , it was kept up , among the skirmishers , until quite noon , often briskly ; but with no definite results further than those mentioned ...
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... its front , but they would come ob- liquely from the left . To meet this contingency the left of the Second Division of the Second Corps is thrown back slightly , and two Regiments , the 15th Mass . 24 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
... its front , but they would come ob- liquely from the left . To meet this contingency the left of the Second Division of the Second Corps is thrown back slightly , and two Regiments , the 15th Mass . 24 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. slightly , and two Regiments , the 15th Mass . , Col. Ward , and the 82nd N. Y. , Lieut . Col. Horton , are advanced down to the Emmetsburg road , to a favorable position nearer us than the fight has yet come ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. slightly , and two Regiments , the 15th Mass . , Col. Ward , and the 82nd N. Y. , Lieut . Col. Horton , are advanced down to the Emmetsburg road , to a favorable position nearer us than the fight has yet come ...
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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