The Battle of Gettysburg

by Franklin Aretas Haskell

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The author of the book was actually a participant in the battle. He wrote a journal and sent it to his brother in Wisconsin. The author died in another battle of the Civil War. The book was never published in book form until 1958. Its considered one of the formost references of the battle of Gettsburg. The author was an eye witness to Pickett's charge.

dhughes | Jul 31, 2009 |

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1863 (original manuscript)

1878? (private pamphlet)

1898 ( [1854] ∙ with modifications)

1908-03 (Dartmouth edition reprinted)

1908-11 (Wisconsin Historical Commission edition ∙ with original text restored and preface by Reuben G. Thwaites)

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George Gordon Meade

Winfield Scott Hancock

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Pennsylvania, USA

Cemetary Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Cemetary Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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American Civil War (1861 ∙ 1865)

Battle of Gettysburg

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Battle of Gettysburg (1863-07)

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PREFACE to the Wisconsin Historical Commission 1908 edition, by Reuben G. Thwaites -- Frank Aretas Haskell was born at Tunbridge, Vermont, the son of Aretas and Ann (Folson) Haskell, on the 13th of July, 1828.

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG -- The great battle of Gettysburg is now an event of the past. The composition and strength of the armies, their leaders, the strategy, the tactics, the result, of that field are to-day by the side of those of Waterloo -- matters of history.

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In what may be the longest, and most poignant, letter to a relative from a soldier in the Civil War, this authoritative book recounts the bloody, three-day battle in the summer of 1863. Haskell's descriptions of the wounded, of skirmishes, attacks and counterattacks, estimates of losses, and burials are all vividly described. 2 maps.

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