1. Unit 3: Civil War

2. Gettysburg, PA

3. Gettysburg
July 4, 1863
Nearly 23,000 Union & 28,000 Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing
1/4 of all Union soldiers
1/3 of all Confederate soldiers
Turning point
After Gettysburg, Lee was never able to mount another major offensive

4. Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863
Dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg

5. Gettysburg Address
Follow along while Jeff Daniels reads the Address as Lincoln.
Summarize each chunk in your own words.

7. Gettysburg Address Why give the speech?
To commemorate the bloodiest and most decisive battle of the war
Inaugurate the cemetery
Opportunity to express the importance of the war to the American people

8. Gettysburg Address Why is it important?
Raised the principles of human equality found in the Declaration of Independence
“All men are created equal”
Connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom”
Said the war was a test of the ideal of self-government
So that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”