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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... coming battle , the Army of the Potomac should be overpowered ? Would it not be ? When our army was much larger than at present had rested all winter and , nearly perfect in all its departments and arrange- ments , was the most splendid ...
... coming battle , the Army of the Potomac should be overpowered ? Would it not be ? When our army was much larger than at present had rested all winter and , nearly perfect in all its departments and arrange- ments , was the most splendid ...
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... coming in confusion through the town . Han- cock is just the man for such an emergency as this . Upon horseback I think he was the most magnificent looking Gen- eral in the whole Army of the Potomac at that time . With a large , well ...
... coming in confusion through the town . Han- cock is just the man for such an emergency as this . Upon horseback I think he was the most magnificent looking Gen- eral in the whole Army of the Potomac at that time . With a large , well ...
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... coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards Taneytown . He would give his views upon this subject to Gen. Meade , which were in favor of the line near the ...
... coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards Taneytown . He would give his views upon this subject to Gen. Meade , which were in favor of the line near the ...
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... coming on the Baltimore Pike about this time , was massed there , near the line of battle , and held in reserve until some time in the afternoon , when it changed position , as I shall describe . I cannot give a detailed account of the ...
... coming on the Baltimore Pike about this time , was massed there , near the line of battle , and held in reserve until some time in the afternoon , when it changed position , as I shall describe . I cannot give a detailed account of the ...
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... coming up rapidly on the Baltimore Pike . No fears were entertained that " Uncle John , " as his men call Gen. Sedgwick , would not be in the right place at the right time . - These dispositions were all made early , I think before ...
... coming up rapidly on the Baltimore Pike . No fears were entertained that " Uncle John , " as his men call Gen. Sedgwick , would not be in the right place at the right time . - These dispositions were all made early , I think before ...
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