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Why the Speech is Important - The importance of the Gettysburg Address is partly due to the broad way in which Lincoln addressed the situation. Learn about the Gettysburg Address importance.
How the Town Shaped the Battle: Gettysburg 1863. We think we know who the important players at the Battle of Gettysburg were: Robert E. Lee, or George G. Meade, or the Union Army of the Potomac, or the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.