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 5
... four o'clock in the afternoon the enemy , now in overwhelming force , resumed the battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in ...
... four o'clock in the afternoon the enemy , now in overwhelming force , resumed the battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in ...
Page 6
... four thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight ...
... four thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight ...
Page 12
... and the First Division , two brigades - there were four brigades in the First - similarly formed , in reserve , one hundred and fifty paces in the rear of the line of their respective Divisions . That is 12 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
... and the First Division , two brigades - there were four brigades in the First - similarly formed , in reserve , one hundred and fifty paces in the rear of the line of their respective Divisions . That is 12 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
Page 13
... four common deployed lines , each of two ranks of men , and a little more than one - third over in reserve . The five batteries , in all twenty - eight guns , were posted as follows : Woodruff's regular , six twelve - pound Napo- leon's ...
... four common deployed lines , each of two ranks of men , and a little more than one - third over in reserve . The five batteries , in all twenty - eight guns , were posted as follows : Woodruff's regular , six twelve - pound Napo- leon's ...
Page 30
... four thousand in the Third Corps , fully two thousand in the Second , and I think two thousand in the Fifth , and I think the losses of the First , Twelfth , and a little more than a brigade of the Sixth all of that Corps which was ...
... four thousand in the Third Corps , fully two thousand in the Second , and I think two thousand in the Fifth , and I think the losses of the First , Twelfth , and a little more than a brigade of the Sixth all of that Corps which was ...
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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