Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers

by Frank A. Haskell (Editor)

All students of the Civil War are indebted to Frank Haskell for his classic description of the battle of Gettysburg.  A lieutenant on the staff of John Gibbon, Haskell stood at the focus of the Confederate assault on July 3, 1863.  He wrote of the battle in a letter to his brother.  When it came to light after the war it became and remains probably the most read and repeated account of Civil War combat written by a participant.  It captures wholly the terrible fascination that the Civil War―and Gettysburg―holds for all Americans.  Haskell wrote other letters (thirty-one in this collection) and attained the rank of colonel before he was killed at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.This 1989 paperback reprinting of the 1970 edition contains a new preface by Frank L. Byrne.

Genres: Civil War, American Civil War

278 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent 1st hand account of the action on July 2nd and 3rd at Gettysburg by a member of the 2nd Corps staff. While not big on description of tactics it gives a real feel for what it was like to experience the action. It is unfortunate that Frank Haskell was killed at Cold Harbor before he could write his history of the war. I for one would have liked to read it.