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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page 4
... gave no information at all to Lee , that he could rely upon , of the movements of the Army of the Potomac . The Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg ...
... gave no information at all to Lee , that he could rely upon , of the movements of the Army of the Potomac . The Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg ...
Page 5
... gave the necessary orders for the con- centration of his different columns there . Under the new auspices the army brightened , and moved on with a more elastic step towards the yet undefined field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General ...
... gave the necessary orders for the con- centration of his different columns there . Under the new auspices the army brightened , and moved on with a more elastic step towards the yet undefined field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General ...
Page 9
... gave me quite a detailed account of the situation of matters at Gettysburg , and of what had transpired subsequently to his arrival . He had arrived and assumed command there , just when the troops of the First and Eleventh Corps ...
... gave me quite a detailed account of the situation of matters at Gettysburg , and of what had transpired subsequently to his arrival . He had arrived and assumed command there , just when the troops of the First and Eleventh Corps ...
Page 15
... gave us this position - perhaps the position gave us the victory . On arriving upon the field , Gen. Meade established his head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and ...
... gave us this position - perhaps the position gave us the victory . On arriving upon the field , Gen. Meade established his head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and ...
Page 17
... gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and 2,337 in detachments , which , although available , were not opposed to the enemy , and ...
... gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and 2,337 in detachments , which , although available , were not opposed to the enemy , and ...
Contents
3 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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