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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... West and North - west of the town , at a mean distance of about a mile away , the battle continued for some hours , with various success , which was on the whole with us until near noon . At this time a lull occurred , which was ...
... West and North - west of the town , at a mean distance of about a mile away , the battle continued for some hours , with various success , which was on the whole with us until near noon . At this time a lull occurred , which was ...
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... west part of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with considerable loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our ...
... west part of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with considerable loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our ...
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... West , and appeared to be in strong force , and was jubilant over his day's success . Such was the posture of affairs as evening came on of the first of July . Gen. Hancock was hopeful , and in the best of spirits ; and from him I also ...
... West , and appeared to be in strong force , and was jubilant over his day's success . Such was the posture of affairs as evening came on of the first of July . Gen. Hancock was hopeful , and in the best of spirits ; and from him I also ...
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... West of South of the town , and nearly two miles from it . The sides of this are in places very steep , and its rocky summit is almost inaccessible . A short distance North of this is a smaller elevation called " Little Round Top . " On ...
... West of South of the town , and nearly two miles from it . The sides of this are in places very steep , and its rocky summit is almost inaccessible . A short distance North of this is a smaller elevation called " Little Round Top . " On ...
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... Western side of the Cemetery , and uniting with the Emmetsburg road between the Ceme- tery and the town . High ground near the Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some ...
... Western side of the Cemetery , and uniting with the Emmetsburg road between the Ceme- tery and the town . High ground near the Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some ...
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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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