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November 1863. Lincoln stood on a field where 50,000 men had fallen four months earlier. His speech was 272 words. It took less than two minutes. Those two minutes changed America.
Apr 25, 2026
June 1863. Harriet Tubman led 150 Black soldiers up the Combahee River in the dead of night. By morning, 756 enslaved people were free. The first woman in U.S. history to lead an armed military operation.
Apr 25, 2026
July 1863. Three days. 50,000 casualties. Pickett's Charge — 12,000 men walked one mile across open ground into Union fire. Half didn't come back.
Apr 24, 2026
January 1, 1863. Lincoln picked up the pen. His hand was shaking. 'Today of all days, it must not tremble.' Then he signed.
Apr 24, 2026