hould be what
the writer "saw, OR THOUGHT HE SAW," is at least novel.

Chas. E. Estabrook, a Comrade of the Grand Army, and its representative on
the Wisconsin History Commission, and its chairman, under date of February
17, 1910, while writing a somewhat lengthy letter, neglects, also, to
write of the matter under consideration, but says, among other things:

"The subject of the criticism of the Eleventh Corps, by Haskell, in
his account of Gettysburg, was considered by me, and I contemplated
writing notes, OR GIVING THE LATER, AND WHAT I THINK THE MORE
ACCURATE VIEW. I, however, concluded, in view of the rule which we
adopted, to have the other and later account of the Battle of
Gettysburg prepared by a Wisconsin man, from the Wisconsin point of
view, and some months ago asked a staff officer, who served in that
Corps, to write an account of the Eleventh Corps at Gettysburg, which
he consented to do. This will be published as soon as practicable
after the same is delivered to the Commission."

It would seem from this that Chairman Estabrook, Past Department
Commander, of Wisconsin, Grand Army of the Republic, does not believe the
statement made by Haskell in his "Narrative," and that it is necessary to
have another book published to state truthfully what the Eleventh Corps
did. It would seem that it is also needless to make any comment on the
position taken by Comrade Estabrook, Chairman of the Wisconsin History
Commission. It is to be hoped that this staff officer's book will be
written from the stand-point of what he saw, and not from what he thought
he saw.

THE HISTORY COMMISSION'S VIEW.

Reuben G. Thwaites, Secretary and Editor of the Wisconsin History
Commission, speaking for the Commission, writes thus:

"OPINIONS, OR ERRORS OF FACT, on the part of the respective authors
represented, both in original narratives and in reprints issued by
the Commission HAVE NOT, NOR WILL THEY BE MODIFIED BY THE LATTER. For
all statements of whatever character, the author alone is
responsible.

"Could any plainer statement than the foregoing be phrased in the
English language, to indicate that this Commission certainly does
not endorse whatever criticisms may have contemporaneously been
offered by Lieutenant Haskell?"

As the question has been asked us we reply: As Haskell has been dead for
more than 45 years, and the foul sl