The battlefield had more than 7,500 bodies of dead soldiers and 5,000 horses. The Battle of Gettysburg was an important influence on the American Civil War and on the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where only 2,400 people lived. O'Sullivan, July 5–6, 1863Ībout 172,000 American soldiers fought in the Battle of Gettysburg from July 1–3, 1863. Union soldiers dead at Gettysburg, photographed by Timothy H. They are also different from the words of the Gettysburg Address that have been printed in modern newspapers. The five known manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address are different from one another in some details. However, people are not sure about the exact words of the speech. The speech is very important in the popular culture of the United States. "Score" in this case is an old word meaning "twenty." Lincoln used the ceremony at Gettysburg to encourage the people to help America's democracy, so that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth". The speech famously begins with "Four score and seven years ago", referring to the American Revolution in 1776.
He also said the Civil War was a fight not simply for the Union, but "a new birth of freedom" that would make everyone truly equal in one united nation. Lincoln spoke of how humans were equal as it has been said in the Declaration of Independence.
The address is one of the greatest speeches in the history of the United States. This was four-and-a-half months after the Union Army had a victory over the Confederate States Army at the Battle of Gettysburg. This speech was made during the American Civil War, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was delivered on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863. The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. An early twentieth century poster showing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln above the words of the Gettysburg address
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