during the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on Sunday, June 30, 2013.  A pivotal battle in the Civil War, over 50,000 soldiers died in the battle which spanned 3 days from July 1-3, 1863.  Later that year, President Abraham Lincoln returned to Gettysburg to deliver his now famous Gettysburg Address to dedicate the cemetery there for the Union soldiers who died in battle.  John Boal photography
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