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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... advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of the Army would assemble to his support . Buford's Cavalry co - operated with this corps , and on the morning of the 1st of July found ...
... advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of the Army would assemble to his support . Buford's Cavalry co - operated with this corps , and on the morning of the 1st of July found ...
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... advance to the attack up an ascent , and must therefore move slower , and be , before coming upon us , longer under our fire , as well as more exhausted . These , and some other things , rendered our position admirable for a defensive ...
... advance to the attack up an ascent , and must therefore move slower , and be , before coming upon us , longer under our fire , as well as more exhausted . These , and some other things , rendered our position admirable for a defensive ...
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... advance Sickles pushed forward his heavy line of skirmishers , who drove back those of the enemy , across the Emmetsburg road , and thus cleared the way for the main body . The Third Corps now became the absorbing object of interest of ...
... advance Sickles pushed forward his heavy line of skirmishers , who drove back those of the enemy , across the Emmetsburg road , and thus cleared the way for the main body . The Third Corps now became the absorbing object of interest of ...
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... advance ; but this movement was not completely executed before new Rebel batteries opened upon Sickles ' right flank - his former front and in the same quarter appeared the Rebel infantry also . Now came the dreadful battle picture , of ...
... advance ; but this movement was not completely executed before new Rebel batteries opened upon Sickles ' right flank - his former front and in the same quarter appeared the Rebel infantry also . Now came the dreadful battle picture , of ...
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... advance out of the woods to the front of the posi- tion of the Third Corps , and to swell the numbers of the assailants of this already hard pressed command . The men there begin to show signs of exhaustion their ammunition must be ...
... advance out of the woods to the front of the posi- tion of the Third Corps , and to swell the numbers of the assailants of this already hard pressed command . The men there begin to show signs of exhaustion their ammunition must be ...
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