Feature video: Gettysburg

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Gettysburg
Historic drawings and paintings and footage from the Gettysburg Memorial Park are used to tell the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. It took place in July 1863 over three days, and produced one of the highest casualties of any battle during the Civil War. This was the battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln to deliver his Gettysburg address on November 19, 1863. Playing time: 5 min
U.S.S. Cairo at Vicksburg Shows the outisde and inside of the reconstructed Union Navy warship U.S.S. Cairo, which was sunk in December 1862 while clearing mines. Playing time: 4 min