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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... Infantry , and served as Adjutant of his regiment until April 14 , 1862 , when he became aide - de - camp to General John Gibbon , commander of the Iron Brigade . This was his rank in the battle of Gettysburg . On Feb. 3 , 1864 ...
... Infantry , and served as Adjutant of his regiment until April 14 , 1862 , when he became aide - de - camp to General John Gibbon , commander of the Iron Brigade . This was his rank in the battle of Gettysburg . On Feb. 3 , 1864 ...
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... Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg , possibly were there now . Gettysburg was a point of strategic importance , a great many roads , some ten or ...
... Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg , possibly were there now . Gettysburg was a point of strategic importance , a great many roads , some ten or ...
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... infantry to become en- gaged , but the other two , commanded respectively by Gen- erals Robinson and Doubleday , were close at hand , and forming the line of battle to the West and North - west of the town , at a mean distance of about ...
... infantry to become en- gaged , but the other two , commanded respectively by Gen- erals Robinson and Doubleday , were close at hand , and forming the line of battle to the West and North - west of the town , at a mean distance of about ...
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... infantry and artillery . From this , you may get a notion of the whole . - - The Third Corps Gen. Sickles the remainder of it arriving upon the field this morning , was posted upon the left of the Second extending the line still in the ...
... infantry and artillery . From this , you may get a notion of the whole . - - The Third Corps Gen. Sickles the remainder of it arriving upon the field this morning , was posted upon the left of the Second extending the line still in the ...
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... infantry . When the line was open , it had the advantage of having open country in front , consequently , the enemy here could not surprise , as we were on a crest , which besides the other advantages that I have mentioned , had this ...
... infantry . When the line was open , it had the advantage of having open country in front , consequently , the enemy here could not surprise , as we were on a crest , which besides the other advantages that I have mentioned , had this ...
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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