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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... arms , they sought to hide like rabbits , and were there captured , unresisting , by hundreds . The First Corps ... arm ; Lieut . Col. Stevens , was mortally wounded , and Major Mans- field was wounded ; Lieut . Col. Callis , of the 7th ...
... arms , they sought to hide like rabbits , and were there captured , unresisting , by hundreds . The First Corps ... arm ; Lieut . Col. Stevens , was mortally wounded , and Major Mans- field was wounded ; Lieut . Col. Callis , of the 7th ...
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... arms at once , and moved rapidly towards the field . It was not long before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon ...
... arms at once , and moved rapidly towards the field . It was not long before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon ...
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... Arms were stacked , and the men lay down to sleep , alas ! many of them their last but the great final sleep upon the earth . Late in the afternoon as we came near the field , from some slightly wounded men we met , and occasional strag ...
... Arms were stacked , and the men lay down to sleep , alas ! many of them their last but the great final sleep upon the earth . Late in the afternoon as we came near the field , from some slightly wounded men we met , and occasional strag ...
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... arms in long bristling rows they stood along the crests - and were at ease . Some men of the Second and Third Corps pulled down the rail fences near and piled them up for breastworks in their front . Some loitered , some went to sleep ...
... arms in long bristling rows they stood along the crests - and were at ease . Some men of the Second and Third Corps pulled down the rail fences near and piled them up for breastworks in their front . Some loitered , some went to sleep ...
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... arm in the hands of our adversaries . They have courage enough , but not the skill to handle it well . They generally fire far too high , and the ammunition is usually of a very inferior quality . And , of late , we have begun to ...
... arm in the hands of our adversaries . They have courage enough , but not the skill to handle it well . They generally fire far too high , and the ammunition is usually of a very inferior quality . And , of late , we have begun to ...
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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