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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... reasons , during the marches prior to the battle , we were anxious , and at times heavy at heart . But the Army of the Potomac was no band of school girls . They were not the men likely to be crushed or ut- terly discouraged by any new ...
... reasons , during the marches prior to the battle , we were anxious , and at times heavy at heart . But the Army of the Potomac was no band of school girls . They were not the men likely to be crushed or ut- terly discouraged by any new ...
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... reason at least , ex- citing ; but there were other elements in this information , that aroused our profoundest interest . The great battle that we had so anxiously looked for during so many days , had at length opened , and it was a ...
... reason at least , ex- citing ; but there were other elements in this information , that aroused our profoundest interest . The great battle that we had so anxiously looked for during so many days , had at length opened , and it was a ...
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... reason for halting the Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards ...
... reason for halting the Second Corps in its present position , was that it was not then known where , in the coming fight , the line of battle would be formed , up near the town , where the troops then were , or further back towards ...
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... 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 be found ...
... 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 be found ...
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... reason , the line of the enemy must be concave , and , consequently , longer , and with an equal force , thinner , and so weaker than ours . Upon those parts of our line which were wooded , neither we nor the enemy could use artillery ...
... reason , the line of the enemy must be concave , and , consequently , longer , and with an equal force , thinner , and so weaker than ours . Upon those parts of our line which were wooded , neither we nor the enemy could use artillery ...
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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