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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either his honesty or ability . Did they not charge him , personally , with the defeat at Chancellorsville ? Were they not still burning with indig- nation against him for that ...
... officers and men , had no confidence in Hooker , in either his honesty or ability . Did they not charge him , personally , with the defeat at Chancellorsville ? Were they not still burning with indig- nation against him for that ...
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... officers who knew , all thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to ...
... officers who knew , all thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to ...
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... officer of the Second Corps after Hancock was ordered to assume the command of the Second Corps . - All this was sudden , and for that reason at least , ex- citing ; but there were other elements in this information , that aroused our ...
... officer of the Second Corps after Hancock was ordered to assume the command of the Second Corps . - All this was sudden , and for that reason at least , ex- citing ; but there were other elements in this information , that aroused our ...
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... officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the vehicle carried it was the dead body of Gen. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his ...
... officers we knew them to be staff officers of Gen. Reynolds their faces told plainly enough what load the vehicle carried it was the dead body of Gen. Reynolds . Very early in the action , while seeing personally to the formation of his ...
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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