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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... moved , or was aware of his de- parture . Then , I believe , the army in general , both officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either his honesty or ability . Did they not charge him , personally , with the defeat at ...
... moved , or was aware of his de- parture . Then , I believe , the army in general , both officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either his honesty or ability . Did they not charge him , personally , with the defeat at ...
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... moving from near Falmouth , Va . , the army was formed in several columns , and took several roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its ...
... moving from near Falmouth , Va . , the army was formed in several columns , and took several roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its ...
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... moved on with a more elastic step towards the yet undefined field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General Reynolds , already having the advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of ...
... moved on with a more elastic step towards the yet undefined field of conflict . The 1st Corps , General Reynolds , already having the advance , was ordered to push forward rapidly , and take and hold the town , if he could . The rest of ...
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... moved rapidly towards the field . It was not long before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon the white battery ...
... moved rapidly towards the field . It was not long before we began to hear the dull booming of the guns , and as we advanced , from many an eminence or opening among the trees , we could look out HC XLII ( 12 ) - upon the white battery ...
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... move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the ...
... move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the ...
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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