158 YEARS AGO

158 years ago this week marks the Gettysburg Address given by President Lincoln.
the battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the civil war. with the Unions victory it dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of becoming an independent Nation.
At a Memorial service the keynote Speaker Edward Everett spoke for over 2 hours yet no one knows who he was or what he said.
by contrast the last speaker President Lincoln spoke for under 5 minutes and delivered one of the most memorable speeches in the history of The United States of America.
a good lesson learned that day, it's not how long you speak but what you say that people will remember

GOD BLESS THE USA

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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

Antitem was bloodiest battle.

saragoodtimes · F

@MrBrownstone Antietam was the bloodiest day in the war Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle

dale74 · M

@saragoodtimes Gettysburg was also an All or nothing the Confederate had won most of the battles up until Gettysburg the mistake made by the Confederate general Lee was he only sent 15,000 men the North or Union had gathered all of their troops for this one battle had they lost the north would have lost entirely. But of course since I'm from the south it's really not the civil war it was the war of Northern aggression as my history professor used to say in the Southern drawl accent

DallasCowboysFan · 61-69, M

@saragoodtimes Yes, there were 51,000 dead and wounded at Gettsyburg. 28,000 were from the Confederacy. But, when you lose 23,000 or 28,000 soldiers in one week, neither side can claim a clear victory. If the U.S. lost that many soldiers in one weedk today, I don't think the public would tolerate it.