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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... less . At about five o'clock P. M. , as we were riding along at the 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 ...
... less . At about five o'clock P. M. , as we were riding along at the 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 ...
Page 17
... less consequence in great bodies of men . - 2 2 The returns of the Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and ...
... less consequence in great bodies of men . - 2 2 The returns of the Union army for June 30 gave 89,238 infantry and artillery , and 14,973 cavalry " present for duty . " If there is deducted 5,520 in three brigades of the Sixth Corps and ...
Page 29
... less than three hundred that are left out of fifteen hundred that it has had , swings around upon the enemy , gives them a volley in their faces , and advances upon them with the bayonet . The Rebels fled in confusion , but Col ...
... less than three hundred that are left out of fifteen hundred that it has had , swings around upon the enemy , gives them a volley in their faces , and advances upon them with the bayonet . The Rebels fled in confusion , but Col ...
Page 30
... less , I estimate , than twenty thousand men were killed or wounded in this fight . Our own losses must have been nearly half this number , - about four thousand in the Third Corps , fully two thousand in the Second , and I think two ...
... less , I estimate , than twenty thousand men were killed or wounded in this fight . Our own losses must have been nearly half this number , - about four thousand in the Third Corps , fully two thousand in the Second , and I think two ...
Page 42
... less than six thousand men now in the two Divisions , who oc- cupy a line of about a thousand yards . The most of the way along this line upon the crest was a stone fence , constructed of small rough stones , a good deal of the way ...
... less than six thousand men now in the two Divisions , who oc- cupy a line of about a thousand yards . The most of the way along this line upon the crest was a stone fence , constructed of small rough stones , a good deal of the way ...
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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