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World Service,01 Jul 2010,10 mins

Battle of Gettysburg

Witness History

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The battle of Gettysburg marked a turning point in the American Civl War. Thousands of men from both sides died there - and Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address to commemorate the fallen.

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