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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... ground , were being successful . He had gone a day's march from his front before Hooker moved , or was aware of his de- parture . Then , I believe , the army in general , both officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either ...
... ground , were being successful . He had gone a day's march from his front before Hooker moved , or was aware of his de- parture . Then , I believe , the army in general , both officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either ...
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... ground for complaint on these heads - but a mighty work was before them . Onward they moved night and day were blended over many a weary mile , through dust , and through mud , in the broiling sunshine , in the flooding rain , over ...
... ground for complaint on these heads - but a mighty work was before them . Onward they moved night and day were blended over many a weary mile , through dust , and through mud , in the broiling sunshine , in the flooding rain , over ...
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... ground and location is necessary to a clear understanding of the battle . With the sketch I have rudely drawn , with- out scale or compass , I hope you may understand my description . The line of battle as it was established , on the ...
... ground and location is necessary to a clear understanding of the battle . With the sketch I have rudely drawn , with- out scale or compass , I hope you may understand my description . The line of battle as it was established , on the ...
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... ground near the Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some of its batteries and troops , actually among the graves and monuments , which they used for shelter from the ...
... ground near the Cemetery , is named " Cemetery Ridge . " - The Eleventh Corps Gen. Howard was posted at the Cemetery , some of its batteries and troops , actually among the graves and monuments , which they used for shelter from the ...
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... ground now , I think you may understand the move- ments of the battle . From Round Top , by the line of battle , round to the extreme right , I suppose is about three miles . From this same eminence to the Cemetery , extends a long ...
... ground now , I think you may understand the move- ments of the battle . From Round Top , by the line of battle , round to the extreme right , I suppose is about three miles . From this same eminence to the Cemetery , extends a long ...
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