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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... movements of the Army of the Potomac . The Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg , possibly were there now . Gettysburg was a point of strategic ...
... movements of the Army of the Potomac . The Infantry of the enemy was at this time in the neighborhood of Hagerstown , Cham- bersburg , and some had been at Gettysburg , possibly were there now . Gettysburg was a point of strategic ...
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... movements of the other troops were being made , to en- able it to take position in the order of battle . The morning was thick and sultry , the sky overcast with low , vapory clouds . As we approached all was astir upon the crests near ...
... movements of the other troops were being made , to en- able it to take position in the order of battle . The morning was thick and sultry , the sky overcast with low , vapory clouds . As we approached all was astir upon the crests near ...
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... movements of the enemy upon the flanks of the enemy , but further than this participated but little in the battle . Some of it was also used for guard- 1 As the Second and Third Divisions had three brigades each , it follows that two ...
... movements of the enemy upon the flanks of the enemy , but further than this participated but little in the battle . Some of it was also used for guard- 1 As the Second and Third Divisions had three brigades each , it follows that two ...
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... movements , by reason of the surrounding crests , were out of view of the enemy . On the whole this was an admirable position to fight a defensive battle , good enough , I thought , when I saw it first , and better I believe than could ...
... movements , by reason of the surrounding crests , were out of view of the enemy . On the whole this was an admirable position to fight a defensive battle , good enough , I thought , when I saw it first , and better I believe than could ...
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... movements . About this time some rifled guns in the Cemetery , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , opened fire almost the first shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely ...
... movements . About this time some rifled guns in the Cemetery , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , opened fire almost the first shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely ...
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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12th corps 1st of July advance arms army artillery assault attack Baltimore Pike batteries Battle of Gettysburg brigade bullet cannonade captured cavalry Cemetery Cemetery Ridge command conflict crest Culp's Hill dead declare Eleventh Corps Emmetsburg road enemy enemy's eyes faces field Fifth Corps fight fire flags flank Fredericksburg front further ground guns Hancock and Gibbon hands heard horses hundred infantry Iron Brigade killed and wounded Lieut line of battle Little Round Top looked loss Meade ment mentioned morning move muskets night o'clock officers places position Potomac prisoners proclamation rear Rebel rebellion regiments repulsed result ridge roar rode Round Top Second Corps Second Division shells shot Sickles skirmishers slope smoke soldiers sound Stonewall Jackson storm Taneytown road Texas Third Corps Third Division thousand to-day town trees troops Twelfth Corps United victory wall William Pittenger woods yards yesterday