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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... dead brethren , by hundreds , lay bare and bleaching , weary , without sleep for days , tormented with the newspapers , and their rumors , that the enemy was in Philadelphia , in Baltimore , in all places where he was not , yet these ...
... dead brethren , by hundreds , lay bare and bleaching , weary , without sleep for days , tormented with the newspapers , and their rumors , that the enemy was in Philadelphia , in Baltimore , in all places where he was not , yet these ...
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... dead body of Gen. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his lines under fire , he was shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time ...
... dead body of Gen. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his lines under fire , he was shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time ...
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... dead but the one of sight . The roar of the discharges and the yells of the enemy all pass unheeded ; but the impassioned soul is all eyes , and sees all things , that the smoke does not hide . How madly the battery men are driving home ...
... dead but the one of sight . The roar of the discharges and the yells of the enemy all pass unheeded ; but the impassioned soul is all eyes , and sees all things , that the smoke does not hide . How madly the battery men are driving home ...
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... dead , and such of their wounded as could not themselves get to the rear , were within our lines ; several of their flags were gathered up , and a good many thousand muskets , some nine or ten guns and some caissons lost by the Third ...
... dead , and such of their wounded as could not themselves get to the rear , were within our lines ; several of their flags were gathered up , and a good many thousand muskets , some nine or ten guns and some caissons lost by the Third ...
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... dead , a mangled heap of carnage , some alive , with a leg shot clear off , or other frightful wounds , appealing to you with almost more than brute gaze as you pass ; and last , but not least numerous , many thousands of men - and ...
... dead , a mangled heap of carnage , some alive , with a leg shot clear off , or other frightful wounds , appealing to you with almost more than brute gaze as you pass ; and last , but not least numerous , many thousands of men - and ...
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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