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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... head , to transfer the war from his own to his enemies ' 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 ...
... head , to transfer the war from his own to his enemies ' 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 ...
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... 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 steeps , through defiles , across ...
... 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 steeps , through defiles , across ...
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... head of the column , we met an ambulance , accompanied by two or three mounted officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the vehicle carried it was the dead body of Gen ...
... head of the column , we met an ambulance , accompanied by two or three mounted officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the vehicle carried it was the dead body of Gen ...
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... , for they needed it . At midnight Gen. Meade and staff rode by Gen. Gib- bon's Head Quarters , on their way to the field ; and in con- versation with Gen. Gibbon , Gen. Meade announced that he 10 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
... , for they needed it . At midnight Gen. Meade and staff rode by Gen. Gib- bon's Head Quarters , on their way to the field ; and in con- versation with Gen. Gibbon , Gen. Meade announced that he 10 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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... head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred yards in the rear of what became the center of the position of the Second Corps , a point ...
... head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred yards in the rear of what became the center of the position of the Second Corps , a point ...
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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