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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... thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to know much of General Meade ...
... thought highly of him , a man of great modesty , with none of those qualities which are noisy and assuming , and hankering for cheap newspaper fame , not at all of the " gallant " Sickles stamp . I happened to know much of General Meade ...
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... thought , when I saw it first , and better I believe than could be found elsewhere in a circle of many miles . Evils , sometimes at least , are blessings in disguise , for the repulse of our forces , and the death of Reynolds , on the ...
... thought , when I saw it first , and better I believe than could be found elsewhere in a circle of many miles . Evils , sometimes at least , are blessings in disguise , for the repulse of our forces , and the death of Reynolds , on the ...
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... thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were busy riding about select- ing eligible places for Hospitals , and hunting streams , and springs , and ...
... thought or asked a million times . Meanwhile , on our part , all was put in the last state of readiness for battle . Surgeons were busy riding about select- ing eligible places for Hospitals , and hunting streams , and springs , and ...
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... thought the enemy to be somewhat more numerous than we , and he probably was . ' But if ninety - five men should fight with a hundred and five , the latter would not always be victors and slight numerical differences are of much less ...
... thought the enemy to be somewhat more numerous than we , and he probably was . ' But if ninety - five men should fight with a hundred and five , the latter would not always be victors and slight numerical differences are of much less ...
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... thought much of this arm in the hands of our adversaries . They have courage enough , but not the skill to handle it well . They generally fire far too high , and the ammunition is usually of a very inferior quality . And , of late , we ...
... thought much of this arm in the hands of our adversaries . They have courage enough , but not the skill to handle it well . They generally fire far too high , and the ammunition is usually of a very inferior quality . And , of late , we ...
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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