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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... rebellion here now the men of South Carolina were quiet by the side of those of Massachusetts , some composed , with upturned faces , sleeping the last sleep , some mutilated and frightful , some wretched , fallen , bathed in blood ...
... rebellion here now the men of South Carolina were quiet by the side of those of Massachusetts , some composed , with upturned faces , sleeping the last sleep , some mutilated and frightful , some wretched , fallen , bathed in blood ...
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... rebellion ; for our guns , the guardian lions of the crest , quick to awake when danger comes , have opened their fiery jaws and begun to roar the great hoarse roar of battle . I overtake the Gen- eral half way up to the line . Before ...
... rebellion ; for our guns , the guardian lions of the crest , quick to awake when danger comes , have opened their fiery jaws and begun to roar the great hoarse roar of battle . I overtake the Gen- eral half way up to the line . Before ...
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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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