This day in History Nov.19th

[Just Jim]

Nov. 19th 1863

One of the greatest speaches of all time.

The Gettysburg Address

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Total number of soldiers: Union 93,921; Confederate 71,699

Killed: Union 3,155; Confederate 3,903

Wounded: Union: 14,529; Confederate 18,735

Captured or Missing: Union 5,365 Confederate 5,425

 

Which side suffered the greatest percentage loss of soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg?

 

(Word problem of the day.)

[Hatz]

Total number of soldiers: Union 93,921; Confederate 71,699

Killed: Union 3,155; Confederate 3,903

Wounded: Union: 14,529; Confederate 18,735

Captured or Missing: Union 5,365 Confederate 5,425

 

Which side suffered the greatest percentage loss of soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg?

 

And the losses for Lee could never be replaced.

 

One of the greatest parts of the speech is the way Lincoln tied the two factions back together and offered a new America being birthed by the sacrifice and the struggle.

[Jim Schue]

I would like to suggest everybody with Confederate sympathies to please understand that the "noble struggle" that some folks like to roll with was a "noble struggle" to keep people enslaved. That is all.