This battle was the turning point of the Civil War, it also proved that Robert E. Lee was not as invincible as most Northerners thought. The battle lasted three days and there were 46,000-51,000 deaths. The death toll was virtually uniform, which was notable given that the South had two armies compared to the North. The South retreated on July 4, 1863. This battle was important because if the South had won the battle they would have won the war. The North ultimately won the war because this battle turned the tide. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was the most famous speech of all time. Surprisingly it only lasted two minutes. It showed the rebirth of our freedom, which was huge for our country. It was about how the North could win the war and how they would win the war. The war ended on April 9, 1865. Blacks soon gained the same rights as all other human beings. Abraham Lincoln decided to bring Louisiana back into the nation. This was the first state to rejoin the Union after seceding. Five days into the war Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed. His killer was John Wilkes Booth, an actor at the Forbes Theatre. The reason he killed was that the South had lost the war. after shooting the President, Mr. Booth jumped off the balcony and out the back entrance onto a horse. He disappeared for 12 days. Few people helped Mr. Booth, but one did and let him stay