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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Union Town . We marched from near Frederick to Union Town , a distance of thirty - two miles , from eight o'clock A. M. to to nine P. M. , on the 28th , and I think this is the longest march , accomplished in so short a time , by a ...
... Union Town . We marched from near Frederick to Union Town , a distance of thirty - two miles , from eight o'clock A. M. to to nine P. M. , on the 28th , and I think this is the longest march , accomplished in so short a time , by a ...
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... Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and 2,337 in detachments , which , although available , were not ...
... Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and 2,337 in detachments , which , although available , were not ...
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... Union begin to shout there , under the smoke , and their lines to advance . See , the Rebels are breaking ! They are in confusion in all our front ! The wave has rolled upon the rock , and the rock has smashed it . Let us shout , too ...
... Union begin to shout there , under the smoke , and their lines to advance . See , the Rebels are breaking ! They are in confusion in all our front ! The wave has rolled upon the rock , and the rock has smashed it . Let us shout , too ...
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... Union ; blankets and trowsers , and coats and caps , and some are blue and some are gray ; muskets and ramrods , and bayonets , and swords , and scabbards and belts , some bent and rut by the shot or shell ; broken wheels , exploded ...
... Union ; blankets and trowsers , and coats and caps , and some are blue and some are gray ; muskets and ramrods , and bayonets , and swords , and scabbards and belts , some bent and rut by the shot or shell ; broken wheels , exploded ...
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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