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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... army was formed in several columns , and took several roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf ...
... army was formed in several columns , and took several roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf ...
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... Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the afternoon , a message was brought ...
... Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the afternoon , a message was brought ...
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... Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the column then was , and to go into position for the night . The Second Division ( Gibbon's ) was accordingly put in posi- tion , upon the left of the ( Taneytown ) road , its left ...
... Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the column then was , and to go into position for the night . The Second Division ( Gibbon's ) was accordingly put in posi- tion , upon the left of the ( Taneytown ) road , its left ...
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... Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards Taneytown . He would give ...
... Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards Taneytown . He would give ...
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... Second Corps would move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted ...
... Second Corps would move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted ...
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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