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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... shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time affected us much , for he was one of the soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work , which he did ...
... shot through the head by a musket or rifle bullet , and killed almost instantly . His death at this time affected us much , for he was one of the soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work , which he did ...
Page 18
... shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely , that were advancing upon the left of that , and the right of the Second Corps , the officer in charge of the guns was ordered ...
... shots of any kind this morning and when it was found they were firing at a Rebel line of skirmishers merely , that were advancing upon the left of that , and the right of the Second Corps , the officer in charge of the guns was ordered ...
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... shot from our guns , at something or other , the nature of which the ones who fired it were ignorant , there was no fight yet . Our arms were still stacked , and the men were at ease . As I looked upon those interminable rows of muskets ...
... shot from our guns , at something or other , the nature of which the ones who fired it were ignorant , there was no fight yet . Our arms were still stacked , and the men were at ease . As I looked upon those interminable rows of muskets ...
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... shot upon them , and this time they in turn begin to retire to position nearer the infantry . The enemy seems to be fearfully in earnest this time . And what is more ominous than the thunder or the shot of his advancing guns , this time ...
... shot upon them , and this time they in turn begin to retire to position nearer the infantry . The enemy seems to be fearfully in earnest this time . And what is more ominous than the thunder or the shot of his advancing guns , this time ...
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... shot or shell ; broken wheels , exploded caissons , and limber - boxes , and dismantled guns , and all these are sprinkled with blood ; horses , some dead , a mangled heap of carnage , some alive , with a leg shot clear off , or other ...
... shot or shell ; broken wheels , exploded caissons , and limber - boxes , and dismantled guns , and all these are sprinkled with blood ; horses , some dead , a mangled heap of carnage , some alive , with a leg shot clear off , or other ...
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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