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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... fire , he was shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time affected us much , for he was one of the soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work ...
... fire , he was shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time affected us much , for he was one of the soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work ...
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... 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 , since the ...
... 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 , since the ...
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... fire , as well as more exhausted . These , and some other things , rendered our position admirable for a defensive battle . - So , before a great battle , was ranged the Army of the Potomac . The day wore on , the weather still sultry ...
... fire , as well as more exhausted . These , and some other things , rendered our position admirable for a defensive battle . - So , before a great battle , was ranged the Army of the Potomac . The day wore on , the weather still sultry ...
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... fire and boiled a dipper of coffee . Some with knees cocked up , enjoyed the soldier's peculiar solace , a pipe of tobacco . Some were mirthful and chatty , and some were serious and silent . Leaving them thus - I suppose of all arms ...
... fire and boiled a dipper of coffee . Some with knees cocked up , enjoyed the soldier's peculiar solace , a pipe of tobacco . Some were mirthful and chatty , and some were serious and silent . Leaving them thus - I suppose of all arms ...
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... fire almost the first shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely , that were advancing upon the left of that , and the right of the Second Corps , the officer in charge of ...
... fire almost the first shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely , that were advancing upon the left of that , and the right of the Second Corps , the officer in charge of ...
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