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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... troops he fought with . He said : " O , I pitched in with them Wisconsin fellers . " I asked what sort of men they were , and he an- swered : " They fit terribly . The Rebs couldn't make any- thing of them fellers . " And so the brave ...
... troops he fought with . He said : " O , I pitched in with them Wisconsin fellers . " I asked what sort of men they were , and he an- swered : " They fit terribly . The Rebs couldn't make any- thing of them fellers . " And so the brave ...
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... troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and the Third Corps was marching up , by order , on the Emmetsburg Road - Gen. Gibbon - he was ...
... troops there , or which should arrive there . The Eleventh Corps was near Gettysburg when the mes- senger who told of the fight left there , and the Third Corps was marching up , by order , on the Emmetsburg Road - Gen. Gibbon - he was ...
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... troops their positions , I met Gen. Hancock , then on his way from the front , to Gen. Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me advise Gen. Gibbon , for his information , gave me quite a detailed ...
... troops their positions , I met Gen. Hancock , then on his way from the front , to Gen. Meade , who was back toward Taneytown ; and he , for the purpose of having me advise Gen. Gibbon , for his information , gave me quite a detailed ...
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... troops already there , to the East of the Baltimore Pike . The enemy was in town , and behind it , and to the East and West , and appeared to be in strong force , and was jubilant over his day's success . Such was the posture of affairs ...
... troops already there , to the East of the Baltimore Pike . The enemy was in town , and behind it , and to the East and West , and appeared to be in strong force , and was jubilant over his day's success . Such was the posture of affairs ...
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... troops were being made , to en- able it to take position in the order of battle . The morning was thick and sultry , the sky overcast with low , vapory clouds . As we approached all was astir upon the crests near the Cemetery , and the ...
... troops were being made , to en- able it to take position in the order of battle . The morning was thick and sultry , the sky overcast with low , vapory clouds . As we approached all was astir upon the crests near the Cemetery , and 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