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| | The Old South Church in Boston |
 | | They fought on the hills, in the wheat fields, in the orchards, on the roads, in the streets, amid the crags and boulders in the environs of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
 | | For three days, writes one historian, over 160,000 young men—some 93,000 from the Army of the Potomac, 70,000 from the Army of Northern Virginia—these young men, average age twenty-four years, and their officers, killed and mutilated each other with rifles, cannon, swords and bayonets until by the evening of July 3 there were 43,000 casualties. |
 | | A small rostrum stands at the head of the cemetery for the speakers, the governors of the Northern States, the composer of a hymn, the representatives of the dedication committee and of course, Edward Everett and Abraham Lincoln. |
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