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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Page 1
... things were otherwise . This great event did not so " cast its shadow before , " as to moderate the hot sunshine that streamed upon our preceding march , or to relieve our minds of all appre- hension of the result of the second great ...
... things were otherwise . This great event did not so " cast its shadow before , " as to moderate the hot sunshine that streamed upon our preceding march , or to relieve our minds of all appre- hension of the result of the second great ...
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... thing of them fellers . " And so the brave compliment the brave . This man was touched by three bullets from the enemy , but not seri- ously wounded . But the loss of the enemy to - day was severe also , prob- ably in killed and wounded ...
... thing of them fellers . " And so the brave compliment the brave . This man was touched by three bullets from the enemy , but not seri- ously wounded . But the loss of the enemy to - day was severe also , prob- ably in killed and wounded ...
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... things and giving commands in person . He died as many a friend , and many a foe to the country have died in this war . Just as the dusk of evening fell , from Gen. Meade , the Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the ...
... things and giving commands in person . He died as many a friend , and many a foe to the country have died in this war . Just as the dusk of evening fell , from Gen. Meade , the Second Corps had orders to halt , where the head of the ...
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... things not done well during the hasty formations here the day before . To the right of the First Corps , and on an extension of the same line , along the crest and down the South - eastern slope of Culp's Hill , was posted the Twelfth ...
... things not done well during the hasty formations here the day before . To the right of the First Corps , and on an extension of the same line , along the crest and down the South - eastern slope of Culp's Hill , was posted the Twelfth ...
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... thing indeed . The position of the First and Twelfth Corps was admirably strong , therefore . Within the line of battle is an irregular basin , somewhat woody and rocky in places , but presenting few obstacles to the moving of troops ...
... thing indeed . The position of the First and Twelfth Corps was admirably strong , therefore . Within the line of battle is an irregular basin , somewhat woody and rocky in places , but presenting few obstacles to the moving of troops ...
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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12th corps 1st of July advance arms army artillery assault attack Baltimore Pike batteries Battle of Gettysburg brigade bullet cannonade captured cavalry Cemetery Cemetery Ridge command conflict crest Culp's Hill dead declare Eleventh Corps Emmetsburg road enemy enemy's eyes faces field Fifth Corps fight fire flags flank Fredericksburg front further ground guns Hancock and Gibbon hands heard horses hundred infantry Iron Brigade killed and wounded Lieut line of battle Little Round Top looked loss Meade ment mentioned morning move muskets night o'clock officers places position Potomac prisoners proclamation rear Rebel rebellion regiments repulsed result ridge roar rode Round Top Second Corps Second Division shells shot Sickles skirmishers slope smoke soldiers sound Stonewall Jackson storm Taneytown road Texas Third Corps Third Division thousand to-day town trees troops Twelfth Corps United victory wall William Pittenger woods yards yesterday