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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... Potomac . This 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 re- flections cast by the ...
... Potomac . This 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 re- flections cast by the ...
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... Potomac should be overpowered ? Would it not be ? When our army was much larger than at present had rested all winter and , nearly perfect in all its departments and arrange- ments , was the most splendid army this continent ever saw ...
... Potomac should be overpowered ? Would it not be ? When our army was much larger than at present had rested all winter and , nearly perfect in all its departments and arrange- ments , was the most splendid army this continent ever saw ...
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... Potomac would do as it was told , always . - - - Well clothed , and well fed there never could be any ground for complaint on these heads - but a mighty work was before them . Onward they moved night and day were blended over many a ...
... Potomac would do as it was told , always . - - - Well clothed , and well fed there never could be any ground for complaint on these heads - but a mighty work was before them . Onward they moved night and day were blended over many a ...
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... 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 it should have been done long ...
... 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 it should have been done long ...
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... Potomac at that time . With a large , well shaped person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would dare to question ...
... Potomac at that time . With a large , well shaped person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would dare to question ...
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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