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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... person . He died as many a friend , and many a foe to the country have died in this war . Just as the dusk of evening fell , from Gen. Meade , the Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the column then was , and to go into ...
... person . He died as many a friend , and many a foe to the country have died in this war . Just as the dusk of evening fell , from Gen. Meade , the Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the column then was , and to go into ...
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... person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would dare to question his right to command , or do aught else but to obey ...
... person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would dare to question his right to command , or do aught else but to obey ...
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... persons , one an officer , to procure supplies ; and they only succeeded in getting some few chickens , some butter ... person would have said of the bread that it was good ; so of the potatoes before they were boiled . Of the chickens ...
... persons , one an officer , to procure supplies ; and they only succeeded in getting some few chickens , some butter ... person would have said of the bread that it was good ; so of the potatoes before they were boiled . Of the chickens ...
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... person and the occasion , finds an empty cracker box for a seat . The staff officer must sit upon the ground with the rest of us . Soon Generals Newton and Pleasonton , each with an aide , arrive . By an almost superhuman effort a roll ...
... person and the occasion , finds an empty cracker box for a seat . The staff officer must sit upon the ground with the rest of us . Soon Generals Newton and Pleasonton , each with an aide , arrive . By an almost superhuman effort a roll ...
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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