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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... o'clock A. M. to to nine P. M. , on the 28th , and I think this is the longest march , accomplished in so short a time , by a corps during the war . On the 28th , while we were - near this latter place , we breathed a full breath THE ...
... o'clock A. M. to to nine P. M. , on the 28th , and I think this is the longest march , accomplished in so short a time , by a corps during the war . On the 28th , while we were - near this latter place , we breathed a full breath THE ...
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... o'clock in the afternoon the enemy , now in overwhelming force , resumed the battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in disorganized ...
... o'clock in the afternoon the enemy , now in overwhelming force , resumed the battle , with spirit . The portion of the Eleventh Corps making but feeble opposition to the advancing enemy , soon began to fall back . Back in disorganized ...
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... o'clock A. M. , on that day , the Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the ...
... o'clock A. M. , on that day , the Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the ...
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... 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 enough what load the ...
... 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 enough what load the ...
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... o'clock in the evening , while I was yet en- gaged in showing the troops their positions , I met Gen. Hancock , then on his way from the front , to Gen. Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me ...
... o'clock in the evening , while I was yet en- gaged in showing the troops their positions , I met Gen. Hancock , then on his way from the front , to Gen. Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me ...
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