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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... attack in front , where , on account of the woods , no artillery could be used with effect by the enemy . Then these last three mentioned Corps , had , by taking rails , by appropriating stone fences , by felling trees , and digging the ...
... attack in front , where , on account of the woods , no artillery could be used with effect by the enemy . Then these last three mentioned Corps , had , by taking rails , by appropriating stone fences , by felling trees , and digging the ...
Page 16
... attack the Rebel ? " " Will he attack us ? " These and similar questions , later in the morning , were thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were ...
... attack the Rebel ? " " Will he attack us ? " These and similar questions , later in the morning , were thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were ...
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... attack and capture the house and build- ings and several prisoners , after a spirited little fight , and , by Gen. Hays ' order , burn the buildings to the ground . About noon the Signal Corps , from the top of Little Round Top , with ...
... attack and capture the house and build- ings and several prisoners , after a spirited little fight , and , by Gen. Hays ' order , burn the buildings to the ground . About noon the Signal Corps , from the top of Little Round Top , with ...
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... attack , their men and guns were kept constantly and carefully , by woods and inequalities of ground , out of our view . Noon is past , one o'clock is past , and , save the skirmishing that I have mentioned , and an occasional shot from ...
... attack , their men and guns were kept constantly and carefully , by woods and inequalities of ground , out of our view . Noon is past , one o'clock is past , and , save the skirmishing that I have mentioned , and an occasional shot from ...
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... attack of the enemy ! It was magnificent to see those ten or twelve thousand men3 they were good men with their batteries , and some squadrons of cavalry upon the left flank , all in battle order , in several lines , with flags ...
... attack of the enemy ! It was magnificent to see those ten or twelve thousand men3 they were good men with their batteries , and some squadrons of cavalry upon the left flank , all in battle order , in several lines , with flags ...
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