Gettysburg Address

No. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in states like Maryland and Delaware. Maryland might have seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy, but President Lincoln sent Federal troops into the Maryland statehouse and prevented the legislature from voting. Also, the Emancipation Proclamation expressly exempted areas in slave states that had already come under Northern control. So, the slaves in those areas had to remain slaves. Further, the Emancipation Proclamation had no effect on slaves in states controlled by Confederate forces.

Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Prior to Gettysburg, the Confederacy had beaten the North in almost every encounter. These battles, however, almost all took place in Virginia. Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander, was mindful of this. He saw the depleted farms and ruined lands, and the subsequently starving populace. Even though they were winning the war, the South was desperate. Lee realized that he had to invade the North. He felt that if he could win a major victory above the Mason Dixon line, he could pull some Northern sentiments and cause the Union to act for peace.

Any treaty at all would be a victory for the Confederacy, because that would mean that President Lincoln had to recognize them as a country, and allow them to remain so. Another benefit of an invasion of the North would be to take the pressure off of starving Virginia, to allow them to recooperate their farms, and perhaps be ready to support the army and the people again by the time the invasion ended. Lee moved his forces North to a place called Cashtown, west of Gettysburg, and the battle ensued.

This information is important because even though Lee had succeeded in beating the Union army in almost every venture, he was in a desperate position. The invasion of the North was, in a way, his hail mary, even though victory was quite possible.

Subsequently, should the Union secure a victory and repulse the invasion, defeat would be almost inevitable for the Confederates. The Union had the numerical advantages. They had the food, the factories, the endless troops, and, most importantly, the naval chokehold. Their blockades stopped almost all international trade for the South, slowly starving the secedes states. If the war were prolonged by stopping the invasion and ending the possibility of peace negotiations, the South would almost certainly starve out and have to surrender.

In this way, the battle of Gettysburg was the deciding factor in the Civil War.

The latter of the two options ended up happening, and the war was prolonged. The South eventually had to surrender, under the fierce pressure of Ulysses S. Grant, who was brought over from the West to steamroll after Robert E. Lee's maneuvering army and pin them down once and for all. If Lee had done one or two things differently at the battle of Gettysburg, you might still need a passport to travel between Maryland and Virginia.

The location of Gettysburg was important in the Battle Of Gettysburg because of where the town is located and the hills and ridges on the battlefield. If you ever saw a map of Gettysburg, or gone on Google Earth, you would see the town and then a bunch of roads leading in and out of the town. So basically if you wanted to come from Virginia to Pennsylvania, most likely you would have to come through Gettysburg.

The hills and ridges on the Battlefield is important too. Throughout the battle, Union troops were placed on the top of the hills and ridges. It's a whole lot easier running down a hill, then running up a hill. So when your being fired at, you would muchly rather be on higher elevation than running up. This really came in handy on the second day of the battle at Little Round Top. Where the 20th Maine had to defend Little Round Top, where there was a bayonet charge. And like I said, it's much easier running down a hill with bayonets then running up a hill.

It had strategic importance as a railway junction.

The Slavery. The united states were separated into the bottom half and top half. The bottom half loved making black people work and they were making tons of money from it. The top half knew that that was wrong and disapprove it. They soon declared a battle for the black peoples rights and soon after the top half won. THANK HEAVENS!

after Lincolns speech, the Gettysburg address, it helped America realize that it wasn't a ton of individual states...it was a unified nation!

"Fore score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation; conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war, to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave there lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting an proper that we should do this. Yet, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate; we cannot consecrate; we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor powers to add or detract. The world will little not nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated to the struggle that those who perished her have thus far so nobly advanced; that this nation, under God, will experience a new burst of freedom; that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Lincoln reminded us that we were a "nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal" and that no other nation so conceived and so dedicated could long endure, but were engaged in a great civil war." He went on to say that this was a test and that it was up to the nation to keep the ideals that founded this country. That the men who fought at Gettysburg gave their "last full measure" to ensure that the country would continue.

• It was the site of one of the most famous battles in the US Civil War
• It was the site of one of the most quoted speeches in US history
• Both of the above sites (in whole or in part) are located within the bounds of what is now a national cemetery

The unfinished work he was referring to at the time was the Civil War because it was still being fought.

I don't know go somewhere else......... you just got pwnd aka powned

To consecrate means to make sacred. In the next few lines he says that the world will not care what we say here, but they can't forget what the men did here. Their bravery and their sacrifice makes it sacred far more than a speech ever can. Lincoln is saying this because that's probably what he felt. How can his two minute long speech make a ground sacred? Instead it is the men who gave their lives who made it a scared place.

The opening line is:

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."Here's the first paragraph:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth to this continent, a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

The people who founded the US

In the United States, citizens vote for their President, Vice-President, Representatives and Senators. The members of the Judicial Branch are selected by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The speech you ask about is the Gettysburg Address. When Lincoln gave it the press was not impressed, but the 265 word speech is one of the greatest speeches ever given by a president.

People came to hear the other speaker. It was not considered an important speech at the time.

to give sense of importance to the occasion

He was upset because they had just won the 1st real, (Antietam was claimed as a victory, but was really a draw), undoubted victory, but instead of following Lee & mercilessly doing every thing that he could to destroy the Army of Virginia while it was far from home, he let them go without any real pursuit. It lengthened the war by years, it is very possible that had Meade been more ruthless, the war could have been over in months, instead of the 2 more years it took.

When a portion of the former battleground was dedicated as the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

From his famous Gettysburg Address:

"We are met on a great battlefield of that war (the Civil War). We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation (the USA) might live."

He invented a device that would lift ships over shoals

Lincoln was granted a patent (no. 6469) for this, and has been the only US President, to receive a patent.

The invention was never formally applied in the construction of a boat or vessel.

1. The Declaration of Independence