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The Battle of Gettysburg was said to be the turning point of the Civil War. The South was on such a winning streak, that it was surprising to see the North's vitory. However, this victory electrified the North and brought a new hope. More men were killed in 2 hours at the Battle of Gettysburg than in all the privious American wars, the revolution included, combined. Between the two armies there were about 46,000 to 51,000 casualties. The total casualties for the Union was 23,055 men. 3,155 men were killed, 14,531 men were wounded, and 5,369 men were captured/ missing. The total casualties for the South were 23,231 men. 4,708 men were killed, 12,693 men were wounded, and 5,830 men were captured/ missing. This means from the 93, 921 men starting from the North, only 70,866 men survived. And for the South, they started with 71, 699 men, and ended with 48,468 men. Almost a third of Lee's general officers were killed, wounded, or captured.

The night before, General Lee gathered his troops, and left the town of Gettysburg. The South stayed on the battlefield, hoping that General Meade's army would attack. However, the Northern General was smarter than that. He decided the attack would be too risky and he would later be criticized for the move. General Lee was taking his troops to Fairfield, Pennsylvania and Chambersburg. General John D. Imboden was trusted by Lee to escort the wagon train of supplies and wounded men Lee wanted to take to Virginia with him. General Meade's army followed Lee's troop, but they only with half of their usual enthusiasm to fight. Lee's troops reachel a river that allowded the Noth to catch them. But, when Meade's troops reached the river, the South had already made their way across.

//"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.// //Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.// //But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."​// -Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Adress

The Gettysburg adress was President Abraham Lincoln's speech to honor those who fought in the battle of Gettysburg. His speech was only 2 minutes long and Lincoln thought it was a total failure. In reality, it is one of the greatet speeches of all time.

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