Yes, I think he still would have been as motivated to pen the Gettysburg Address even if massive numbers of casualties hadn't occurred.
around 12000 troops were there
The idea of manifest destiny greatly helped shape the U.S. governments's policies of land acquisition, since this held that the US was "destined" to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific--meaning that the US embarked on a series of wars with Mexico and confrontations with Natives that helped the settlers move west.
<span>they resurrected the campaign of John McCain and made
him inevitable when Romney has 5 less electoral votes then
then he has!</span>
