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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... Brigade . This was his rank in the battle of Gettysburg . On Feb. 3 , 1864 , Haskell was ap- pointed Colonel of the Thirty - sixth Wisconsin ; and on June 3 , of the same year , he fell when leading a charge at the battle of Cold Har ...
... Brigade . This was his rank in the battle of Gettysburg . On Feb. 3 , 1864 , Haskell was ap- pointed Colonel of the Thirty - sixth Wisconsin ; and on June 3 , of the same year , he fell when leading a charge at the battle of Cold Har ...
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... Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight , and I hear their conduct praised on all ... Brigade " captured almost an entire Mississippi Brigade , however . Of the events so far , of the 1st of July , I do ...
... Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight , and I hear their conduct praised on all ... Brigade " captured almost an entire Mississippi Brigade , however . Of the events so far , of the 1st of July , I do ...
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... Brigades and Regiments , as they returned , were formed upon either flank , and faced toward the enemy again . A show of order at least , speedily came from chaos the rout was at an end the First and Eleventh Corps were in line of ...
... Brigades and Regiments , as they returned , were formed upon either flank , and faced toward the enemy again . A show of order at least , speedily came from chaos the rout was at an end the First and Eleventh Corps were in line of ...
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... brigade in column , the brigade being in column by regiment , with forty paces interval between regimental lines , the Second and Third Divisions having each one , and the First Division , two brigades - there were four brigades in the ...
... brigade in column , the brigade being in column by regiment , with forty paces interval between regimental lines , the Second and Third Divisions having each one , and the First Division , two brigades - there were four brigades in the ...
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... brigades , in line of the Third Division ; Arnold's " A " first R.I. , six three - inch Parrotts , rifled , and ... brigades each , it follows that two brigades from each of the three divisions were in the front line . - T.L.L. ing the ...
... brigades , in line of the Third Division ; Arnold's " A " first R.I. , six three - inch Parrotts , rifled , and ... brigades each , it follows that two brigades from each of the three divisions were in the front line . - T.L.L. ing the ...
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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