The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address

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The Battle of Gettysburgand theGettysburg
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• At about the same time Grant was fighting in
  Vicksburg, Robert E. Lee was invading the small
  town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg fought between July 1
  July 3, 1863, was the battle with the largest
  number of casualties in the American Civil War
  and is frequently cited as the war's turning
  point.
• The Battle was the turning point in the Civil War
  because it almost destroyed the Army of Northern
  Virginia. (CS)

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Causalities

• There were heavy losses on both sides. The
  Confederates had about 28,000 men killed, wounded
  or missing.
• The Union had about 22,000 men killed, wounded or
  missing.
• There were so many wounded men left behind that
  there were 10 wounded soldiers for every survivor
  in Gettysburg.

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Tennessee Soldiers

• Tennessees Fourteenth Regiment began the battle
  with 365 soldiers.
• When the battle ended, only three men had
  survived.

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Gettysburg Address

• On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln went to
  Gettysburg to dedicate a cemetery for those who
  had died there.
• A crowd of 6,000 gathered for the ceremony.

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Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln gave a short speech that lasted for less
  than three minutes.
• Lincolns speech was so short that many people in
  the crowd were disappointed.
• Lincoln thought the speech was a flat failure.

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Gettysburg Address

• In the years that followed, The Gettysburg
  Address was recognized as one of the most
  inspiring messages ever delivered by an American
  president.

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What did the speech say?

• He spoke about the ideals of liberty and equality
  on which the country had been founded.
• He honored the soldiers who had died defending
  those ideals.
• He called on Americans to try harder to win the
  struggle the soldiers had died for.