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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... 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 slopes , that is , in front of the ...
... 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 slopes , that is , in front of the ...
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... woods , and the ground is very rocky , and in places in front precipitous - a most admirable position for defense from an attack in front , where , on account of the woods , no artillery could be used with effect by the enemy . Then ...
... woods , and the ground is very rocky , and in places in front precipitous - a most admirable position for defense from an attack in front , where , on account of the woods , no artillery could be used with effect by the enemy . Then ...
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... woods of Seminary Ridge so concealed them that we could not make out much of their movements . About this time some rifled guns in the Cemetery , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , opened fire almost the first shots of any kind this ...
... woods of Seminary Ridge so concealed them that we could not make out much of their movements . About this time some rifled guns in the Cemetery , at the left of the Eleventh Corps , opened fire almost the first shots of any kind this ...
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... woods and inequalities of ground , out of our view . Noon is past , one o'clock is past , and , save the skirmishing that I have mentioned , and an occasional shot from our guns , at something or other , the nature of which the ones who ...
... woods and inequalities of ground , out of our view . Noon is past , one o'clock is past , and , save the skirmishing that I have mentioned , and an occasional shot from our guns , at something or other , the nature of which the ones who ...
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... woods at the left slope of Round Top , in such a manner as to resist the enemy should he attempt to come around Sickles ' left and gain his rear . The Division moved as ordered , and dis- appeared from view in the woods , towards the ...
... woods at the left slope of Round Top , in such a manner as to resist the enemy should he attempt to come around Sickles ' left and gain his rear . The Division moved as ordered , and dis- appeared from view in the woods , towards 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