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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... soldiers of the Army of the Potomac . This 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 ...
... soldiers of the Army of the Potomac . This 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 ...
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... soldier , to command the army , who would do his best always that there would be no repetition of Chan- cellorsville . Meade was not as much known in the Army as many of the other corps commanders , but the officers who knew , all ...
... soldier , to command the army , who would do his best always that there would be no repetition of Chan- cellorsville . Meade was not as much known in the Army as many of the other corps commanders , but the officers who knew , all ...
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... soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work , which he did with a soldier's high honor and fidelity . I remember seeing him often at the first battle of Fred- ericksburg - he then commanded the First Corps ...
... soldier Generals of the army , a man whose soul was in his country's work , which he did with a soldier's high honor and fidelity . I remember seeing him often at the first battle of Fred- ericksburg - he then commanded the First Corps ...
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... soldiers and long ago too well had weighed chances and probabilities , to be so disturbed now . No , I believe , the army slept soundly that night , and well , and I am glad the men did , for they needed it . At midnight Gen. Meade and ...
... soldiers and long ago too well had weighed chances and probabilities , to be so disturbed now . No , I believe , the army slept soundly that night , and well , and I am glad the men did , for they needed it . At midnight Gen. Meade and ...
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... soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the side of the Taneytown road upon which it had marched , while some movements of the other troops were being made , to en ...
... soldiers of the Second Corps were aroused ; before six the Corps was up to the field and halted temporarily by the side of the Taneytown road upon which it had marched , while some movements of the other troops were being made , to en ...
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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