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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... shell knocked off at Gainesville on the 28th of August last year and A. P. Hill , each in the Rebel service having the rank of Lieu- tenant General , were the commanders of these Corps . Long- street's Division commanders were Hood ...
... shell knocked off at Gainesville on the 28th of August last year and A. P. Hill , each in the Rebel service having the rank of Lieu- tenant General , were the commanders of these Corps . Long- street's Division commanders were Hood ...
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... shell , the orchards splintered , the fences prostrate , the harvest trodden in the mud . And more dreadful than the sight of all this , thickly strewn over all their length and breadth , are the habiliments of the sol- diers , the ...
... shell , the orchards splintered , the fences prostrate , the harvest trodden in the mud . And more dreadful than the sight of all this , thickly strewn over all their length and breadth , are the habiliments of the sol- diers , the ...
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... shells . These works are so low as to compel the men to kneel or lie down generally to obtain cover . Near the right of the Second Division , and just by the little group of trees that I have mentioned there , this stone fence made a ...
... shells . These works are so low as to compel the men to kneel or lie down generally to obtain cover . Near the right of the Second Division , and just by the little group of trees that I have mentioned there , this stone fence made a ...
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... shells to the spot , then silence would follow . At one of these times a painful accident happened to us , this ... shell , which , or some portion of it , fell but a few yards in front of the muzzle of the gun . The same accident killed ...
... shells to the spot , then silence would follow . At one of these times a painful accident happened to us , this ... shell , which , or some portion of it , fell but a few yards in front of the muzzle of the gun . The same accident killed ...
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... shells scattered the gray - backs ; they again appeared , and it becom- ing apparent that they were only posting a skirmish line , no further molestation was offered them . A little after this some of the enemy's flags could be ...
... shells scattered the gray - backs ; they again appeared , and it becom- ing apparent that they were only posting a skirmish line , no further molestation was offered them . A little after this some of the enemy's flags could be ...
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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