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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 4
... Meade com- manded the Army of the Potomac . - Not a favorable time , one would be apt to suppose , to change the General of a large army , on the eve of battle , the result of which might be to destroy the Government and country ! But ...
... Meade com- manded the Army of the Potomac . - Not a favorable time , one would be apt to suppose , to change the General of a large army , on the eve of battle , the result of which might be to destroy the Government and country ! But ...
Page 5
Franklin Aretas Haskell. General Meade , therefore , resolved to try to seize Gettys- burg , and accordingly gave the necessary orders for the con- centration of his different columns there . Under the new auspices the army brightened ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. General Meade , therefore , resolved to try to seize Gettys- burg , and accordingly gave the necessary orders for the con- centration of his different columns there . Under the new auspices the army brightened ...
Page 7
... Meade's order , Gen. Hancock was to hurry forward and take command upon the field , of all troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and ...
... Meade's order , Gen. Hancock was to hurry forward and take command upon the field , of all troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and ...
Page 8
... Meade's and Gibbon's Divisions were assaulting the enemy's works , he was the very beau ideal of the gallant general . Mounted upon a superb black horse , with his head thrown back and his great black eyes flashing fire , he was every ...
... Meade's and Gibbon's Divisions were assaulting the enemy's works , he was the very beau ideal of the gallant general . Mounted upon a superb black horse , with his head thrown back and his great black eyes flashing fire , he was every ...
Page 9
... Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me advise Gen. Gibbon , for his information , gave me quite a detailed account of the situation of matters at Gettysburg , and of what had transpired ...
... Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me advise Gen. Gibbon , for his information , gave me quite a detailed account of the situation of matters at Gettysburg , and of what had transpired ...
Contents
3 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
The Battle of Gettysburg: A Soldier's First-Hand Account Franklin Aretas Haskell Limited preview - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
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