Gettysburg Address
1863
By President Abraham Lincoln
This Gettysburg Address is considered one of the most important speeches in American history.
President Abraham Lincoln In this speech ( Address ) successfully expressed the principles of Liberty and Equality that the USA was founded upon and proudly honored those that fought and
Perished for survival of the Union.
During his remarks, he spoke of ( A New Birth of Freedom ), for the nation.
President Lincoln delivered this speech at the dedication of the soldiers ( National Cemetery at
Gettysburg ) on November 19, 1863. The entire speech lasted just two minutes !!!
The battle of Gettysburg took place July 1 - 3, 1863, in the rural town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania roughly 50 miles northwest of Baltimore.
Confederate forces led by General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded the Union territory, seeking to take the war out of Virginia and put the Union army in a vulnerable defensive position.
General Lee's soldiers fought the Union,s Army of the Potomac under the command of General George C. Meade.
When fighting ended on July 3, 1863 the two sides suffered more than 45, 000 casualties, making it one of the bloodiest battle to date.
Confederate forces retreated back to Virginia on the night of July 4, 1863.
Battle of Gettysburg is considered to be the turning point in the American Civil War.
Faissal Elmasri
Orlando / Florida
July 2014
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