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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... knew of nothing , short of the providence of God , that could , or would , remove him . For many reasons , during the marches prior to the battle , we were anxious , and at times heavy at heart . But the Army of the Potomac was no band ...
... knew of nothing , short of the providence of God , that could , or would , remove him . For many reasons , during the marches prior to the battle , we were anxious , and at times heavy at heart . But the Army of the Potomac was no band ...
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. they had gained some . They knew what defeat was , and what was victory . But here is the greatest praise that I can bestow upon them , or upon any army : With the ela- tion of victory , or the depression of ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. they had gained some . They knew what defeat was , and what was victory . But here is the greatest praise that I can bestow upon them , or upon any army : With the ela- tion of victory , or the depression of ...
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... knew , all thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to know much of ...
... knew , all thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to know much of ...
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... 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. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his lines under ...
... 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. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his lines under ...
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. battle . The storm was near , and we all knew it well enough by this time , which was to rain death upon these crests and down their slopes , and yet the men who could not , and would not escape it , were as calm ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. battle . The storm was near , and we all knew it well enough by this time , which was to rain death upon these crests and down their slopes , and yet the men who could not , and would not escape it , were as calm ...
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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