They were dedicating the Gettysburg Cemetery at the place where all the soldiers from both sides had died at the battle of Gettysburg
President Lincoln.
The Gettysburg Address was not meant to dedicate a battlefield, it was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That cemetery was located on a portion of the battlefield where the Battle of Gettysburg took place.
Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln gave the speech that is now called the Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address at the ceremony to dedicate the military cemetery there.
They were dedicating the Gettysburg Cemetery at the place where all the soldiers from both sides had died at the battle of Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address to dedicate the cemetery in Gettysburg.
Lincoln delivered the Address to dedicate the Military Cemetery created there after the battle.
President Lincoln.
The Gettysburg Address was not meant to dedicate a battlefield, it was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That cemetery was located on a portion of the battlefield where the Battle of Gettysburg took place.
Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln gave the speech that is now called the Gettysburg Address
No, it was a speech given by president Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address at the ceremony to dedicate the military cemetery there.
The Gettysburg Address is called such because it was delivered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. It is called an 'address' because President Lincoln was 'addressing' (speaking to) the people gathered there for the dedication of the national cemetery.
No. The two were very different documents, and served very different purposes. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, written, signed and issued by President Lincoln, and the Gettysburg Address was a speech, written and given by President Lincoln in order to dedicate a national cemetery to the men that died during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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