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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... heard him say , and he disapproved of it as soon as it was made known to him . Generals Hancock and Gibbon , as they saw the move in progress , criticized its propriety sharply , as I know , and foretold quite accurately what would be ...
... heard him say , and he disapproved of it as soon as it was made known to him . Generals Hancock and Gibbon , as they saw the move in progress , criticized its propriety sharply , as I know , and foretold quite accurately what would be ...
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... heard , there would be nothing between the left flank of the Corps and the enemy , and the enemy would be square upon its flank by the time it had attained the road . So when this advance line came near the Emmetsburg road , and we saw ...
... heard , there would be nothing between the left flank of the Corps and the enemy , and the enemy would be square upon its flank by the time it had attained the road . So when this advance line came near the Emmetsburg road , and we saw ...
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... heard the rattle of ten thousand ramrods as they drove home and " thugged " upon the little globes and cones of lead . As the enemy was advancing upon Sickles ' flank , he commenced a change , or at least a partial one , of front , by ...
... heard the rattle of ten thousand ramrods as they drove home and " thugged " upon the little globes and cones of lead . As the enemy was advancing upon Sickles ' flank , he commenced a change , or at least a partial one , of front , by ...
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... heard there also . The Fifth Corps and the First Division of the Second were there at the right time , and promptly engaged him ; and there , too , the battle soon became general and obstinate . Now the roar of battle has become twice ...
... heard there also . The Fifth Corps and the First Division of the Second were there at the right time , and promptly engaged him ; and there , too , the battle soon became general and obstinate . Now the roar of battle has become twice ...
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... heard their voices , you would have known these men would fight . Just at this time we saw another thing that made us glad : we looked to our rear , and there , and all up the hillside which was the rear of the Third Corps before it ...
... heard their voices , you would have known these men would fight . Just at this time we saw another thing that made us glad : we looked to our rear , and there , and all up the hillside which was the rear of the Third Corps before it ...
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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