The document discusses the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, where the Confederates suffered around 1/3 casualties compared to the Union's 1/4. It notes that a national cemetery was later constructed at Gettysburg for the fallen soldiers. While a Senator gave the main speech at the cemetery's dedication, Abraham Lincoln delivered a few remarks that came to be known as the Gettysburg Address, which is still remembered today unlike the Senator's speech.

1. The
gettysburg
address

2. November 19, 1863
•Over the course of the 3
days at Gettysburg, the
Confederates lost almost 1/3
of their troops strength in
killed, wounded, or missing,
while the Union lost about
¼ of theirs.

3. November 19, 1863
•In the months after the
three-day battle it was
decided that a national
cemetery should be
constructed at the site for
the dead on both sides.

4. November 19, 1863
•Edward Everett, a Senator
from Massachusetts, was
selected to give the
principle speech that day,
while President Lincoln was
asked to deliver a “few
appropriate remarks.”

5. November 19, 1863
•140 years later, no one
remembers what Everett
said, but they certainly
remember the words of
Lincoln.