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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... thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight , and I ...
... thousand , of whom a large number were prisoners . Such usually is the kind of loss sustained by the Eleventh Corps . You will remember that the old " Iron Brigade " is in in the First Corps , and consequently shared this fight , and I ...
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... thousand yards away . A belt of woods extends partly along this second ridge , and partly farther to the West , at distances of from one thousand to thirteen hundred yards away from our line . Between these ridges , and along their ...
... thousand yards away . A belt of woods extends partly along this second ridge , and partly farther to the West , at distances of from one thousand to thirteen hundred yards away from our line . Between these ridges , and along their ...
Page 17
... thousand of them somewhere about that field each to pass the hour according to his duty or his humor , let us look to the enemy . - Here let me state that according to the best information that I could get , I think a fair estimate of ...
... thousand of them somewhere about that field each to pass the hour according to his duty or his humor , let us look to the enemy . - Here let me state that according to the best information that I could get , I think a fair estimate of ...
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... thousand men and the guns of the hosts , that now but a narrow valley divided , that to have been in such a battle , and to survive on the side of the victors , would be glorious . Oh , the world is most unchristian yet ! - - Somewhat ...
... thousand men and the guns of the hosts , that now but a narrow valley divided , that to have been in such a battle , and to survive on the side of the victors , would be glorious . Oh , the world is most unchristian yet ! - - Somewhat ...
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... thousand men3 they were good men with their batteries , and some squadrons of cavalry upon the left flank , all in battle order , in several lines , with flags streaming , sweep steadily down the slope , across the valley , and up the ...
... thousand men3 they were good men with their batteries , and some squadrons of cavalry upon the left flank , all in battle order , in several lines , with flags streaming , sweep steadily down the slope , across the valley , and up the ...
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