Major Battles of the Civil War 1861-1865

Gettysburg Campaign Union Confederacy Fighting lasted 3 days on the hills and fields around Gettysburg, PA July 1-3, 1863 90,000 Union troops were commanded by Gen. George Meade 75,000 Confederate troops were commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee As much as 51,000 total casualties were estimated in the battle Bloodiest battle in American History Union Confederacy

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Victor & importance of outcome Gettysburg Date State Leaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome July 1 - 3, 1863 Pennsylvania George Meade Robert E Lee Union victory High Water Mark of the Confederacy As many as 51,000 combined casualties Bloodiest battle of the war the South would never invade North again

The Gettysburg Address 15,000 spectators were in attendance 6

Abraham Lincoln Leader of the Republican Party in 1860 Becomes the 16th President of the United States receiving 40% of the popular vote Southerners called him the “Black Republican” for fears that he would abolish slavery and end the ‘Southern way of life” the southern states seceded in response to his election Lincoln stated at the beginning of the conflict that his intention was to preserve the union, not end slavery The Emancipation Proclamation and this address begins the movement towards the end of slavery in America 7

Historical Context Battle of Gettysburg . Battle was July 1-July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Approximately: 163,000 soldiers fought the battle over 7,500 were killed 27,000 were wounded 11,500 were captured or missing The southern forces were defeated Total casualties of the War to this time 472,154 This battle alone had 51,000 casualties 8

Gettysburg Address On November 19, 1863, 4 months after the Battle of Gettysburg, 15,000 people gathered at the battlefield to dedicate a portion of it as the Soldiers’ National Cemetery The Keynote Speaker was a Edwin Everett, the best orator of his day. He spoke for over 2 hours and wowed the crowd with his words Lincoln spoke after Everett. His address was a 271 word speech lasting about 2 minutes 9

Gettysburg Address “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.”

The Gettysburg Address (1863) Abraham Lincoln Main Points: It is time we talk about the promise of equality. “…a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” We honor the soldiers sacrifice. “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us” The Union is worth fighting for. “—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 parish from the earth.” 11

Monument on the Spot of Lincoln’s Address Soldiers’ National Cemetery Gettysburg, Pennsylvania