1. Reports of the battle of Gettysburg took a year or more to reach the outlying frontier territories.

2. The battle of Gettysburg lasted three days.

3. But the Battle of Gettysburg also has other unique characteristics.

4. The battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest ever fought in the United States.

5. Many historians say that the Battle of Gettysburg was the Civil War's turning point toward Union victory.

6. The day after the battle of Gettysburg, Union forces defeated Confederate forces at Vicksburg, Mississippi. This victory gave them control of the Mississippi River.

7. The land on which the battle of Gettysburg was fought was dedicated to the soldiers who had died there.

8. Many historians say that the Battle of Gettysburg was the Civil War's point toward Union victory.

9. Twenty thousand Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or listed as missing in the battle of Gettysburg.

10. After the Confederate victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Lee invaded the North and engaged Union forces under George Meade at the momentous Battle of Gettysburg.

11. Lincoln when he talks about the soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg.

12. In eighteen sixty-three, Union forces defeated Confederate forces in the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War -- the Battle of Gettysburg.