Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address to dedicate the military cemetery there. He used it as an opportunity to reinvigorate the flagging support of the civilian population who was growing tired of the war.
The Gettysburg Address did not have a large impact on the Civil War. It was an important speech, concise, to the point. Some listeners including reporters from the Chicago Times newspaper felt the speech was lousy and pointless; they said that every American should tingle with shame after that speech. Other major papers were kinder. The audience stood in silence for the short speech and most were not ready for it to end so abruptly in just two minutes. There was a ripple of polite applause. No large war decisions were made based on the speech. No armies scored impressive wins immediately upon hearing it.
The Gettysburg Address was such a powerful speech that it convinced the Northern people to continue the war so that the lives lost at the Battle of Gettysberg would not be in vain.
The historians and modern political theorists often use this address to explain how the American government should to work.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln declared that the purpose of the Civil War was to... *
The Gettysburg Address helped the Union
The Union won the Civil War.
Civil War in 1863
The address was given in November of 1863. The war ened in April of 1865.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln declared that the purpose of the Civil War was to... *
The speech that reminded Americans why the civil war was bring fought was the Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.
The Gettysburg Address helped the Union
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Gettysburg Address?
Civil War in 1863
The Union won the Civil War.
The web address of the American Civil War Museum is: http://www.gettysburgmuseum.com
the Gettysburg address and the civil war
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln stated the Gettysburg Address after the Pennsylvania civil war.
The address was given in November of 1863. The war ened in April of 1865.