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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... roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf Run Shoales , Centerville , Gainesville , Thoroughfare ...
... roads . The Second Corps , the rear of the whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf Run Shoales , Centerville , Gainesville , Thoroughfare ...
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... roads , some ten or twelve at least concen- trating there , so the army could easily converge to , or , should a further march be necessary , diverge from this point . General Meade , therefore , resolved to try to seize 4 THE BATTLE OF ...
... roads , some ten or twelve at least concen- trating there , so the army could easily converge to , or , should a further march be necessary , diverge from this point . General Meade , therefore , resolved to try to seize 4 THE BATTLE OF ...
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... roads that terminate at the town , from the West and North . The position of the First Corps was then becoming perilous in the extreme , but it was improved a little before noon by the arrival upon the field of two Divisions of the ...
... roads that terminate at the town , from the West and North . The position of the First Corps was then becoming perilous in the extreme , but it was improved a little before noon by the arrival upon the field of two Divisions of the ...
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... Road - Gen. Gibbon - he was not the ranking 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 ...
... Road - Gen. Gibbon - he was not the ranking 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 ...
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... road ; the Third Division was posted upon the right of the road , abreast of the Second , and the first Division in the rear of these two - all facing towards Gettysburg . - Arms were stacked , and the men lay down to sleep , alas ...
... road ; the Third Division was posted upon the right of the road , abreast of the Second , and the first Division in the rear of these two - all facing towards Gettysburg . - Arms were stacked , and the men lay down to sleep , alas ...
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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