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The civil war was going on, and the battle of Gettysburg had claimed the most lives of the war. The site was dedicated as a graveyard to those who lost their lives.

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A speech by Abraham Lincoln?

The Gettysburg Address.


Where was lincolns famous speech?

His famous speech was in Gettysburg (The Gettysburg Address).


Was the Gettysburg address copys made before e the speech of Lincoln?

yes


What are the three paragraphs of the Gettysburg address?

what is the whole speech of the gettysburg address


What speech did Abraham Lincoln give after the Battle of Gettysburg?

Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln gave the speech that is now called the Gettysburg Address


Where did Lincoln sign the Gettysburg address?

The Gettysburg Address was not an executive order, which had to be issued and signed, it was a speech. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address, shortly before he delivered it in Gettysburg, on November 19, 1863. He very likely, wrote it the night before or in the early morning hours on the 19th of November.


Where did President Lincoln have his two minute speech?

The speech was the Gettysburg address, which Lincoln gave in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.


What was the famous name of the speech Lincoln gave after a battle?

The Gettysburg Address to dedicate the cemetery in Gettysburg.


Was the Gettysburg Address a speech?

Yes


What was the form of the Gettysburg address?

A speech


What speech reminded Americans why the civil war was being fought?

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.


When Abraham Lincoln give his speech Gettysburg Address?

Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address speech on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863.