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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... losses have been supplied by Colonel Thomas L. Livermore , the well - known authority on this subject . ] HE great battle of Gettysburg is now an event of the past . The composition and strength of the armies , their leaders , the ...
... losses have been supplied by Colonel Thomas L. Livermore , the well - known authority on this subject . ] HE great battle of Gettysburg is now an event of the past . The composition and strength of the armies , their leaders , the ...
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... loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our losses during the day would exceed four thousand , of whom a large number were ...
... loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our losses during the day would exceed four thousand , of whom a large number were ...
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... estimated at 75,000 , from the returns of May 31 , July 20 and 31 . Livermore's " Numbers and Losses , " pp . 69 , 102 , 103. T.T.L. - Skillful generalship and good fighting are the jewels of war THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 17.
... estimated at 75,000 , from the returns of May 31 , July 20 and 31 . Livermore's " Numbers and Losses , " pp . 69 , 102 , 103. T.T.L. - Skillful generalship and good fighting are the jewels of war THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 17.
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... loss in the battle as follows : 1,275 in First Division of Second Corps ; 4,211 in Third Corps ; 2,187 in Fifth Corps ; 242 in Sixth Corps . Substantially all these losses were suffered July 2. See 43 War Records . The losses in the ...
... loss in the battle as follows : 1,275 in First Division of Second Corps ; 4,211 in Third Corps ; 2,187 in Fifth Corps ; 242 in Sixth Corps . Substantially all these losses were suffered July 2. See 43 War Records . The losses in the ...
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... loss was light , almost nothing in this fight the next morning the enemy's dead were thick all along this part of the line . Near eleven o'clock the enemy , wearied with his disastrous work , desisted , and thereafter until morning ...
... loss was light , almost nothing in this fight the next morning the enemy's dead were thick all along this part of the line . Near eleven o'clock the enemy , wearied with his disastrous work , desisted , and thereafter until morning ...
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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