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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... mention them now , that you may see that in those times we had several matters to think about , and to do , that were not as pleasant as sleeping upon a bank of violets in the shade . In moving from near Falmouth , Va . , the army was ...
... mention them now , that you may see that in those times we had several matters to think about , and to do , that were not as pleasant as sleeping upon a bank of violets in the shade . In moving from near Falmouth , Va . , the army was ...
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... mentioned ; and all the Twelfth Corps - Gen. Slocum arriving before night , the Divisions were put in position , to the right of the troops already there , to the East of the Baltimore Pike . The enemy was in town , and behind it , and ...
... mentioned ; and all the Twelfth Corps - Gen. Slocum arriving before night , the Divisions were put in position , to the right of the troops already there , to the East of the Baltimore Pike . The enemy was in town , and behind it , and ...
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... mentioned , moved up and took position , its right resting upon the Taneytown road , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , and extending the line thence , nearly a half mile , almost due South , towards Round Top , with its Divisions in ...
... mentioned , moved up and took position , its right resting upon the Taneytown road , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , and extending the line thence , nearly a half mile , almost due South , towards Round Top , with its Divisions in ...
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... mentioned . To the West of this , that is towards the enemy , the ground falls away by a very gradual descent , across the Emmetsburg road , and then rises again , forming another ridge , nearly parallel to the first , but inferior in ...
... mentioned . To the West of this , that is towards the enemy , the ground falls away by a very gradual descent , across the Emmetsburg road , and then rises again , forming another ridge , nearly parallel to the first , but inferior in ...
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... mentioned Corps , had , by taking rails , by appropriating stone fences , by felling trees , and digging the earth , during the night of the first of July , made for themselves excellent breast works , which were a very good thing ...
... mentioned Corps , had , by taking rails , by appropriating stone fences , by felling trees , and digging the earth , during the night of the first of July , made for themselves excellent breast works , which were a very good thing ...
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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