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Gettysburg National Military Park was established in 1895 to commemorate an 1863 battle that turned the tides of the ... end slavery to a musician playing taps on a battle-worn cornet. November 19 ...

Seven score and 18 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but consequential speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ... but the night after his November 19, 1863 address, he was plagued by something ...

The episode closes with the dedication in November of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg, where Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people.

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Various official sources list as many as 106 battles, engagements, actions, and skirmishes occurring in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania related to the Gettysburg Campaign. There ...

How brilliant a military leader are you? One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg. During the three days of July 1 ...

Visiting Gettysburg in the summer has benefits ... at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. The Gettysburg National Military Park encompasses 6,000 acres ...