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 8
... enemy's works , he was the very beau ideal of the gallant general . Mounted upon a superb black horse , with his head thrown back and his great black eyes flashing fire , he was every where upon the field , seeing all things and giving ...
... enemy's works , he was the very beau ideal of the gallant general . Mounted upon a superb black horse , with his head thrown back and his great black eyes flashing fire , he was every where upon the field , seeing all things and giving ...
Page 12
... enemy's fire , its left resting upon the Taneytown road , extending thence to the East , crossing the Baltimore Pike , and thence bending backwards towards the South - east ; on the right of the Eleventh came the First Corps , now ...
... enemy's fire , its left resting upon the Taneytown road , extending thence to the East , crossing the Baltimore Pike , and thence bending backwards towards the South - east ; on the right of the Eleventh came the First Corps , now ...
Page 23
... enemy seems to be opening again , and as we watch the Rebel batteries seem to be advancing there . The cannon- ade is soon opened again , and with great spirit upon both sides . The enemy's batteries press those of Sickles , and pound ...
... enemy seems to be opening again , and as we watch the Rebel batteries seem to be advancing there . The cannon- ade is soon opened again , and with great spirit upon both sides . The enemy's batteries press those of Sickles , and pound ...
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... enemy's advance ; but this movement was not completely executed before new Rebel batteries opened upon Sickles ... enemy , in the event that Sickles is overpowered . With this Corps out of the way , the enemy would be in a position to ...
... enemy's advance ; but this movement was not completely executed before new Rebel batteries opened upon Sickles ... enemy , in the event that Sickles is overpowered . With this Corps out of the way , the enemy would be in a position to ...
Page 34
... enemy's dead were thick all along this part of the line . Near eleven o'clock the enemy , wearied with his disastrous work , desisted , and thereafter until morning , not a shot was heard in all the armies . So much for the battle ...
... enemy's dead were thick all along this part of the line . Near eleven o'clock the enemy , wearied with his disastrous work , desisted , and thereafter until morning , not a shot was heard in all the armies . So much for the battle ...
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