November 19, 1863: Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. The speech reflected Lincoln’s redefined conviction that the Civil War was not just a fight to maintain the Union but also a struggle for freedom and equality for all. Although the speech consisted of only 272 words, it remains one of the most powerful and memorable discourses in American history. Read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on Ken Burns’s “The Civil War” site.   Photo: Only known and confirmed photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg, Library of Congress
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November 19, 1863: Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.

The speech reflected Lincoln’s redefined conviction that the Civil War was not just a fight to maintain the Union but also a struggle for freedom and equality for all. Although the speech consisted of only 272 words, it remains one of the most powerful and memorable discourses in American history.

Read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on Ken Burns’s “The Civil War” site.  

Photo: Only known and confirmed photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg, Library of Congress

Source: to.pbs.org

July 3, 1863:  Battle of Gettysburg Ends
 
This day in 1863 marks the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, which left 23,000 Union soldiers killed, wounded, or missing. The Confederates suffered approximately 25,000 casualties, making it the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War.
 
In November of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address at the Dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA.  He declared America’s representative democracy as a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. 

Watch an excerpt of the Ken Burns’s film The Civil War depicting the Dedication event.

Source: to.pbs.org

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