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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... whole force as- sembled , he was flushed with recent 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 ...
... whole force as- sembled , he was flushed with recent 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 ...
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... whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf Run Shoales , Centerville , Gainesville , Thoroughfare Gap - this last we left on the 25th ...
... whole , was the last to move , and left Falmouth at daybreak , on the 15th of June , and pursued its march through Aquia , Dumfries , Wolf Run Shoales , Centerville , Gainesville , Thoroughfare Gap - this last we left on the 25th ...
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... whole with us until near noon . At this time a lull occurred , which was occupied , by both sides , in super- vising and re - establishing the hastily formed lines of the morning . New Divisions of the enemy were constantly arriving and ...
... whole with us until near noon . At this time a lull occurred , which was occupied , by both sides , in super- vising and re - establishing the hastily formed lines of the morning . New Divisions of the enemy were constantly arriving and ...
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... whole Army of the Potomac at that time . With a large , well shaped person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would ...
... whole Army of the Potomac at that time . With a large , well shaped person , always dressed with elegance , even upon that field of confusion , he would look as if he was " monarch of all he surveyed , " and few of his sub- jects would ...
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... whole army before Gettysburg , and offer the enemy battle there . The Second Corps would move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps ...
... whole army before Gettysburg , and offer the enemy battle there . The Second Corps would move at the earliest daylight , to take up its position . At three o'clock A. M. , of the second of July , the sleepy soldiers of the Second Corps ...
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