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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... of Gettysburg is now an event of the past . The composition and strength of the armies , their leaders , the strategy , the tactics , the result , of that field are to - day by the side of those of Waterloo - matters of history . A few days ...
... of Gettysburg is now an event of the past . The composition and strength of the armies , their leaders , the strategy , the tactics , the result , of that field are to - day by the side of those of Waterloo - matters of history . A few days ...
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... to day , and were of them . We were the army whose province it should be to meet this invasion and repel it ; on us was the immediate responsibility for results , most momentous for good or ill , as yet in the future . And so in ...
... to day , and were of them . We were the army whose province it should be to meet this invasion and repel it ; on us was the immediate responsibility for results , most momentous for good or ill , as yet in the future . And so in ...
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... for days , tormented with the newspapers , and their rumors , that the enemy was in Philadelphia , in Baltimore , in all places where he was not , yet these men could still be re- lied upon , I believe , when the day of conflict should ...
... for days , tormented with the newspapers , and their rumors , that the enemy was in Philadelphia , in Baltimore , in all places where he was not , yet these men could still be re- lied upon , I believe , when the day of conflict should ...
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... of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with considerable loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our losses during ...
... of the town , making brave resistance , however , but with considerable loss . The enemy did not see fit to follow , or to attempt to , further than the town , and so the fight of the 1st of July closed here . I suppose our losses during ...
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... day , the Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the afternoon , a message was ...
... day , the Second Corps was halted at Taneytown , which is thirteen miles from Gettysburg , South , and there awaiting orders , the men were allowed to make coffee and rest . At between one and two o'clock in the afternoon , a message was ...
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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