
Of reuniting the country is going to look like. Of the war is going to be, and what the blueprint The culture and society of the 19th Century, the progress of the Civil War, and also the way that thingsĪre going to kind of be wrapped up in the end of the Civil War. I think The GettysburgĪddress is really interesting, and all of the events surrounding it, the circumstances surrounding it, tell us a lot about So it's about threeĪnd a half months after The Battle of Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Address, on November 19th, 1863. In American History, it's pretty up there. Some time to talk about The Gettysburg Address, which is arguably, the most famous speech That it gave the forces of the United States, at Gettysburg. His great victory and, the boost of morale Lincoln didn't send that letter, he thought better of it, and instead congratulated Meade on We could've ended the war right now", but actually

Realize what you've done here by letting Lee get away,

Nasty letter saying, "I think you don't even That Meade didn't attack, he wrote him this really Now Meade, if he hadĪttacked, probably could've won the war right there and then, and Lincoln was so angry Now, what you may not knowĪbout The Battle of Gettysburg, is that is was almost the end of the war, in fact, Lee took hisĪrmy, trying to cross back over the Potomac into the South, and the Potomac was flooded so, he and his army were pretty much pinned, between this flooded river, and the forces of Meade in the North. The beginning of the end of the Confederacy's bid for independence.

Of The Siege of Vicksburg, which followed the day after, on July 4th, really start to signify Gettysburg was the most destructiveīattle of the Civil War, there were about 50,000 casualties, and it, along with the victory Second attempt at an invasion, and once again, was turned away by the forces of Union General, George Meade. The forces of the South up into the North for a Point for the Civil War, at which Lee brought And as I mentioned in the last video, Gettysburg was a really significant battle in the Civil War. Alright, so we left off with The Battle of Gettysburg, from July 1st to 3rd, 1863.
