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
... five o'clock P. M. , as we were riding along at the head of the column , we met an ambulance , accompanied by two or three mounted officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the ...
... five o'clock P. M. , as we were riding along at the head of the column , we met an ambulance , accompanied by two or three mounted officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the ...
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... five batteries , in all twenty - eight guns , were posted as follows : Woodruff's regular , six twelve - pound Napo- leon's , brass , between the two brigades , in line of the Third Division ; Arnold's " A " first R.I. , six three ...
... five batteries , in all twenty - eight guns , were posted as follows : Woodruff's regular , six twelve - pound Napo- leon's , brass , between the two brigades , in line of the Third Division ; Arnold's " A " first R.I. , six three ...
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... five hundred yards away from the line , and is culti- vated , and checkered with stone fences . The same is the character of the ground occupied by , and in front of the left of the First Corps , which is also on a part of Cemetery ...
... five hundred yards away from the line , and is culti- vated , and checkered with stone fences . The same is the character of the ground occupied by , and in front of the left of the First Corps , which is also on a part of Cemetery ...
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... five men should fight with a hundred and five , the latter would not always be victors and slight numerical differences are of much less consequence in great bodies of men . - 2 2 The returns of the Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 ...
... five men should fight with a hundred and five , the latter would not always be victors and slight numerical differences are of much less consequence in great bodies of men . - 2 2 The returns of the Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 ...
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... five or six in all , I suppose , firing slowly , Sickles with as many replied , and with much more spirit . The artillery fire became quite animated , soon ; but the enemy was forced to withdraw his guns farther and farther away , and ...
... five or six in all , I suppose , firing slowly , Sickles with as many replied , and with much more spirit . The artillery fire became quite animated , soon ; but the enemy was forced to withdraw his guns farther and farther away , 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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