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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... victory , was arrogant in his career of unopposed invasion , at a favorable season of the year . His daring plans , made by no unskilled head , to transfer the war from his own to his enemies ' ground , were being successful . He had ...
... victory , was arrogant in his career of unopposed invasion , at a favorable season of the year . His daring plans , made by no unskilled head , to transfer the war from his own to his enemies ' ground , were being successful . He had ...
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... victory . But here is the greatest praise that I can bestow upon them , or upon any army : With the ela- tion of victory , or the depression of defeat , amidst the hardest toils of the campaign , under unwelcome leadership , at all ...
... victory . But here is the greatest praise that I can bestow upon them , or upon any army : With the ela- tion of victory , or the depression of defeat , amidst the hardest toils of the campaign , under unwelcome leadership , at all ...
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... victory . On arriving upon the field , Gen. Meade established his head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred yards in the rear of ...
... victory . On arriving upon the field , Gen. Meade established his head- quarters at a shabby little farm house on the left of the Taneytown road , the house nearest the line , and a little more than five hundred yards in the rear of ...
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... victory upon their faces , I thought . And I thought , too , as I had seen the mighty preparations go on to completion for this great conflict - the marshaling of these two hundred thousand men and the guns of the hosts , that now but a ...
... victory upon their faces , I thought . And I thought , too , as I had seen the mighty preparations go on to completion for this great conflict - the marshaling of these two hundred thousand men and the guns of the hosts , that now but a ...
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Franklin Aretas Haskell. ganization in utter confusion , fugitive into the woods , and victory was with the arms of the Republic . The great Rebel assault , the greatest ever made upon this con- tinent , has been made and signally ...
Franklin Aretas Haskell. ganization in utter confusion , fugitive into the woods , and victory was with the arms of the Republic . The great Rebel assault , the greatest ever made upon this con- tinent , has been made and signally ...
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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