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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... places where he was not , yet these men could still be re- lied upon , I believe , when the day of conflict should ... place , we breathed a full breath THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 3 The Battle of Gettysburg.
... places where he was not , yet these men could still be re- lied upon , I believe , when the day of conflict should ... place , we breathed a full breath THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 3 The Battle of Gettysburg.
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. near this latter place , we breathed a full breath of joy , and of hope . The Providence of God had been with us - we ought not to have doubted it General Meade com- manded the Army of the Potomac . - Not a ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. near this latter place , we breathed a full breath of joy , and of hope . The Providence of God had been with us - we ought not to have doubted it General Meade com- manded the Army of the Potomac . - Not a ...
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... place established . What would be the result ? Might not the enemy fall upon and destroy the First Corps before succor could arrive ? Gen. Hancock , with his personal staff , at about two o'clock P. M. , galloped off towards Gettysburg ...
... place established . What would be the result ? Might not the enemy fall upon and destroy the First Corps before succor could arrive ? Gen. Hancock , with his personal staff , at about two o'clock P. M. , galloped off towards Gettysburg ...
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... places very steep , and its rocky summit is almost inaccessible . A short distance North of this is a smaller elevation called " Little Round Top . " On the very top of " Little Round Top , " we had heavy rifled guns in position during ...
... places very steep , and its rocky summit is almost inaccessible . A short distance North of this is a smaller elevation called " Little Round Top . " On the very top of " Little Round Top , " we had heavy rifled guns in position during ...
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... place . The Fifth Corps - Gen. Sykes coming on the Baltimore Pike about this time , was massed there , near the line of battle , and held in reserve until some time in the afternoon , when it changed position , as I shall describe . I ...
... place . The Fifth Corps - Gen. Sykes coming on the Baltimore Pike about this time , was massed there , near the line of battle , and held in reserve until some time in the afternoon , when it changed position , as I shall describe . I ...
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