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Letter About Gettysburg

Letter About Gettysburg. Date: July 2, 1863 Union Side Maria Gleixner.

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Letter About Gettysburg

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  1. Letter About Gettysburg Date: July 2, 1863 Union Side Maria Gleixner

  2. Then about night we found out that the Rebs was leaving their position and trying to get in the rear of us and then we fell back to the Rappahannock River and could see the Rebs trying to cross but it was no go. we went acrossed and headed them and drove them back. Then we fell back to the camp called camp near White Oak Church. Thare we remained thare for one month. We heard after a while that the Johnneys ware in Pensilvania. We recieved marching orders the next day to find them. We marched night and day for eight or ten days. Came mighty tough for us. We arrived at Gettysburg on the first of July and we had a grand celebration of fireworks. We was on the head of the colum that day and our Regiment was on the lead of all of the troops which caused us to get in the battle. The first day we had a great many killed and wounded from cannons before we got into the musketry. The men fell like sheep on all sides of me. When we first came on line thare was a Corporal hit with a cannon ball and fell wright back into my arms. In such times a man dont have much time to take care of the men so I threw him down. No sooner had I done that than thare was another one fell by my side which was a Dundee boy whose name was James B. Bush of Barrington. His fathers name is Thomas Bush. I was sorry the bullet hit him fore he was my tent mate.

  3. Bio: Edgar D. Haviland enlisted into the 76th New York Volunteer Infantry in 1862. His father died when he was very young. He was a sergeant when he went to Gettysburg. He was a very brave and active soldier. He seemed to always want to be in the action. He was killed in action on May 5, 1864. • Written on August 11, 1863. • Letter was for his mother. • He is on the Union side. • He watched his superiors die which led him to taking charge. • He doesn’t like staying back and wants to fight. He seems fearless of being on the front lines.

  4. Bibliography "Edgar Haviland Letter, Soldiers of the Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg Letters." Battle of Gettysburg, Relive the Bloodiest Battle of Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. <http://www.totalgettysburg.com/edgar-haviland-letter.html>. "Letters of Edgar D. Haviland, 76th NYSV." Brown and Michaels Intellectual Property Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. <http://www.bpmlegal.com/76NY/76havilanded.html>. Palmer, Richard F.. "An Account of the Battle of Gettysburg by Sergeant Edgar D. Haviland, Co. E. 76th N. Y. Volunteers of Dundee, N. Y.." The Crooked Lake Review. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2013. <http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/101_135/101fall1996/101palmer.html>.

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