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Gettysburg Address (1863)

On the American Civil War map as “The Gettysburg Address”

19 Nov 1863 — At the dedication of the soldiers’ cemetery, Lincoln uses 272 words to give the war a new meaning. The nation, “conceived in liberty,” is being tested and owes its dead “a new birth of freedom.” His address takes two minutes.

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Turning point
Chapter
Legacy of the Civil War (chapter 13 of American Civil War)
Atlas
The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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TURNING POINT · THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1840–1877

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