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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... before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon the white battery smoke , puffing up from THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 7.
... before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon the white battery smoke , puffing up from THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 7.
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... guns of the frowning batteries so big , that it was a relief to know that they were our friends . Without a topographical map , some description of the ground and location is necessary to a clear understanding of the battle . With the ...
... guns of the frowning batteries so big , that it was a relief to know that they were our friends . Without a topographical map , some description of the ground and location is necessary to a clear understanding of the battle . With the ...
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... 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 - inch Parrotts , rifled , and Cushing's ...
... 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 - inch Parrotts , rifled , and Cushing's ...
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... guns could move concealed . There are some oaks of considerable growth , along the position of the right of the Second Corps , a group of small trees , sassafras and oak , in front of the right of the Second Division of this Corps also ...
... guns could move concealed . There are some oaks of considerable growth , along the position of the right of the Second Corps , a group of small trees , sassafras and oak , in front of the right of the Second Division of this Corps also ...
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... guns , from place to place along the lines , and also affording the advantage that all such movements , by reason of the surrounding crests , were out of view of the enemy . On the whole this was an admirable position to fight a ...
... guns , from place to place along the lines , and also affording the advantage that all such movements , by reason of the surrounding crests , were out of view of the enemy . On the whole this was an admirable position to fight a ...
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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