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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... flank , and faced toward the enemy again . A show of order at least , speedily came from chaos the rout was at an end the First and Eleventh Corps were in line of battle again - not very systematically formed perhaps - in a splendid ...
... flank , and faced toward the enemy again . A show of order at least , speedily came from chaos the rout was at an end the First and Eleventh Corps were in line of battle again - not very systematically formed perhaps - in a splendid ...
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... flanks of the enemy , but further than this participated but little in the battle . Some of it was also used for guard- 1 As the Second and Third Divisions had three brigades each , it follows that two brigades from each of the three ...
... flanks of the enemy , but further than this participated but little in the battle . Some of it was also used for guard- 1 As the Second and Third Divisions had three brigades each , it follows that two brigades from each of the three ...
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... flanks were quite well protected by the natural defences there , Round Top up the left , and a rocky , steep , untraversable ground up the right . Our line was more elevated than that of the enemy , consequently our artillery had a ...
... flanks were quite well protected by the natural defences there , Round Top up the left , and a rocky , steep , untraversable ground up the right . Our line was more elevated than that of the enemy , consequently our artillery had a ...
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... flank of the Corps and the enemy , and the enemy would be square upon its flank by the time it had attained the road . So when this advance line came near the Emmetsburg road , and we saw the squadrons of cavalry mentioned , come ...
... flank of the Corps and the enemy , and the enemy would be square upon its flank by the time it had attained the road . So when this advance line came near the Emmetsburg road , and we saw the squadrons of cavalry mentioned , come ...
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... flank from its position on the Baltimore Pike , and in the opening of the woods heading for the same locality where the 1st Division of the Second Corps had gone . The Sixth Corps had now come up and was halted upon the Baltimore Pike ...
... flank from its position on the Baltimore Pike , and in the opening of the woods heading for the same locality where the 1st Division of the Second Corps had gone . The Sixth Corps had now come up and was halted upon the Baltimore Pike ...
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