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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Page 5
... close at hand , and forming the line of battle to the 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 ...
... close at hand , and forming the line of battle to the 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 ...
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... close upon ours and sometimes drive them back a short distance , in turn to be repulsed themselves and so they con- tinued to do until their right was opposite the extreme left of the Third Corps . By these means they had ascertained ...
... close upon ours and sometimes drive them back a short distance , in turn to be repulsed themselves and so they con- tinued to do until their right was opposite the extreme left of the Third Corps . By these means they had ascertained ...
Page 19
... close that I felt the movement of the air distinctly . And so I was not at all displeased when I saw one of our regi- ments go down and attack and capture the house and build- ings and several prisoners , after a spirited little fight ...
... close that I felt the movement of the air distinctly . And so I was not at all displeased when I saw one of our regi- ments go down and attack and capture the house and build- ings and several prisoners , after a spirited little fight ...
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... close upon them and among them organization is lost to a great degree guns and caissons are abandoned and in the hands of the enemy - the Third Corps , after a heroic but unfortunate fight , is being literally swept from the field ...
... close upon them and among them organization is lost to a great degree guns and caissons are abandoned and in the hands of the enemy - the Third Corps , after a heroic but unfortunate fight , is being literally swept from the field ...
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... close upon the main line . It is said , I do not know it to be true , that they spiked two guns of one of the Eleventh Corps ' batteries , and that the battery men had to drive them off with their sabres and rammers , and that there was ...
... close upon the main line . It is said , I do not know it to be true , that they spiked two guns of one of the Eleventh Corps ' batteries , and that the battery men had to drive them off with their sabres and rammers , and that there was ...
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