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Reproduction of the original: The Battle of Gettysburg by Frank Aretas Haskell

Reproduction of the original: The Battle of Gettysburg by Frank Aretas Haskell

The Battle of Gettysburg is a gripping Civil War memoir from a man who witnessed the legendary Civil War battle in person, Frank Aretas Haskell. Writing of Gettysburg, which is herein so graphically depicted by Haskell, General Francis A. Walker, in his History of the Second Army Corps, refers to our author as one who was "bravest of the brave, riding mounted through an interval between the Union battalions, and calling upon the troops to go f...

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Excerpt from The Battle of GettysburgCommissioned on June 20 Of that year as First Lieutenant of Company I Of the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, of the Iron Brigade, he served as Adjutant of his regiment until April 14, 1862. Contemporaneous accounts state that much Of the excellent discipline for which this regiment was distinguished, was due to his soldierly efforts dur ing its organization.He was called from the adjutancy of the Sixth ...

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Excerpt: ...molestation was offered them. A little after this some of the enemy’, s flags could be discerned over near the same quarter, above the top and behind a small crest of a ridge. There seemed to be two or three of them-possibly they were guidons-and they moved too fast to be carried on foot. Possibly, we thought, the enemy is posting some batteries there. We knew in about two hours from this time better about the matter. Eleven o...

Excerpt from The Battle of Gettysburg All this was sudden, and for that reason, at least, exciting, but there were other elements in this information that aroused our profoundest interest. The great battle that we had so anxiously looked for during so many days had at length Opened. It was a relief, in some sense, to have these accidents of time and place established. What would be the result? Might not the enemy fall upon and destroy the Fir...

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This 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...

In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life. Here an eyewitness accounts--many available for the first time in decades--by generals, journalist, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray, who relive the conflict in all its terrible glory. Each volume brings you a human perspective on the war--its most decisive battles, its most remarkable personalities. Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts is American history at its finest--a...