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The bloodiest battle of the American Civil War and a decisive turning point toward an ultimate Union victory over the Confederacy. Gettysburg marked the end of Robert E. Lee's advanced northward, and in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln would preside over the battlefield to give the Gettysburg Address, one of the most enduring speeches in American history.