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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... field are to - day by the side of those of Waterloo - matters of history . A few days ago these things were otherwise . This great event did not so " cast its shadow before , " as to moderate the hot sunshine that streamed upon our ...
... field are to - day by the side of those of Waterloo - matters of history . A few days ago these things were otherwise . This great event did not so " cast its shadow before , " as to moderate the hot sunshine that streamed upon our ...
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... fields , where the skeletons of our 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 ...
... fields , where the skeletons of our 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 ...
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... field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General Reynolds , already having the advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of the Army would assemble to his support . Buford's Cavalry ...
... field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General Reynolds , already having the advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of the Army would assemble to his support . Buford's Cavalry ...
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... field . Making its last stand upon what is called " Seminary Ridge , " not far from the town , it fell back in considerable confusion , through the South - west part of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with ...
... field . Making its last stand upon what is called " Seminary Ridge , " not far from the town , it fell back in considerable confusion , through the South - west part of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with ...
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... field , of all troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and the Third Corps was marching up , by order , on the Emmetsburg Road - Gen ...
... field , of all troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and the Third Corps was marching up , by order , on the Emmetsburg Road - Gen ...
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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