A Rush of Positivity

News has spread of Lincoln’s amazing address at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg. He stated that we need to continue to fight for the ideas that these men died for. We need to make sure that these men died for a good reason. We need to beat the South and make sure that all of these differing views on slavery are resolved. Everyone in our country should be free. That is what our country was created for! The land of the free and the home of the brave. We cannot keep living in the United States like this, the slaves need to be set free so we can truly be a nation of freedom. Too many people have died to give up. Yes, we did win the battle at Gettysburg but over 20,000 men lost their lives and we need to make sure that these men did not die for nothing.

Gettysburg Address
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Battle of Gettysburg

I have heard news of big fights in the East. The Confederates have supposedly beat the Union in battles at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. But, I have also heard news of a tremendous victory for the Union in Gettysburg. General Meade faced off with General Lee in a new setting, the North. The Confederates felt confident enough to change from a defensive position to offensive. This was obviously a bad move, Lee lost about 25,000 men. The South was winning the battle for a little while, but Meade stood his ground and was able to push back the Confederate troops. Lee gave up his hopes of invading the North and he is on his way back to Virginia now. I feel as if this battle could be a turning point in the war. The hopes of the South have gone down and I feel as if they are tired of fighting. Hopefully we can resolve our problems soon.

Gettysburg
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