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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the WZ Book Club. This is Jordan Rich.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been so many books written about the Civil War.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but one

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<v Speaker 1>that history fans really enjoy is called Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears.

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<v Speaker 1>Well respected historian, Gettysburg was the turning point of the war.

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<v Speaker 1>Sears covers it all, from the reaction of Lee and Grant,

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<v Speaker 1>to the men who fought and died on the battlefield,

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<v Speaker 1>to the shortest and perhaps most memorable presidential speech in

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<v Speaker 1>the history of this country. As many as fifty one

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<v Speaker 1>thousand soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded, captured

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<v Speaker 1>or missing. The battle took three days, and in November

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen sixty three, a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield becomes

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<v Speaker 1>the final resting place for the Union dead. As Lincoln said,

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<v Speaker 1>the world will little note nor long remember what we

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<v Speaker 1>say here, but it can never forget what they did.

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<v Speaker 1>Here a well drawn history of the Civil War's most

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<v Speaker 1>famous battle, Gettysburg by Stephen Sears. The Book Club WZ,

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