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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... Rebel invasion of the soil North of the Potomac . No , not many days since , at times we were filled with fears and forebodings . The people of the country , I sup- pose , shared the anxieties of the army , somewhat in common 1 with us ...
... Rebel invasion of the soil North of the Potomac . No , not many days since , at times we were filled with fears and forebodings . The people of the country , I sup- pose , shared the anxieties of the army , somewhat in common 1 with us ...
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... Rebel force , which it now had to contend with , had defeated it its leader , rather – at Chancellorsville ! Now the Rebel had his whole force as- sembled , he was flushed with recent victory , was arrogant in his career of unopposed ...
... Rebel force , which it now had to contend with , had defeated it its leader , rather – at Chancellorsville ! Now the Rebel had his whole force as- sembled , he was flushed with recent victory , was arrogant in his career of unopposed ...
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... Rebel ? " " Will he attack us ? " These and similar questions , later in the morning , were thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were busy riding ...
... Rebel ? " " Will he attack us ? " These and similar questions , later in the morning , were thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were busy riding ...
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... Rebel force engaged in this battle would be a little upwards of a hun- dred thousand men of all arms . Of course we can't now know , but there are reasonable data for this estimate . At all events there was no great disparity of numbers ...
... Rebel force engaged in this battle would be a little upwards of a hun- dred thousand men of all arms . Of course we can't now know , but there are reasonable data for this estimate . At all events there was no great disparity of numbers ...
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... Rebel is always sure to effect , during the early part of the morn- ing almost nothing was actually seen by us of the invaders of the North . About nine o'clock in the morning , I should think , our glasses began to reveal them at the ...
... Rebel is always sure to effect , during the early part of the morn- ing almost nothing was actually seen by us of the invaders of the North . About nine o'clock in the morning , I should think , our glasses began to reveal them at the ...
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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