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The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President, which Lincoln delivered following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The speech is considered one of the most famous, enduring, and historically significant speeches in the history of the United States .
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Excerpts from newspapers and other sources 18 Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Wills, David, 1831-1894; Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)
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Wills' book used U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's notably short speech at Gettysburg as the basis for his examination of Lincoln's overall style of rhetoric while also making the case that Lincoln's address at Gettysburg had not been a hastily conceived speech "written on the back of an envelope" as has often been presented in historical accounts of the speech's writing, but that it was ...
Click here for more news on AOL.com HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - It took 150 years, but a Pennsylvania newspaper said Thursday it should have recognized the greatness of President Abraham Lincoln's ...
Lincoln formally released his address to Congress on December 3, 1861. However, excerpts of his address appeared in the morning edition of the New York Herald (a newspaper known for being anti-Lincoln) hours before it was given to Congress, meaning that someone had leaked Lincoln's address to the press. [4] [5]
William R. Rathvon was the only eyewitness who heard Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recollection. William Roedel Rathvon, CSB, (December 31, 1854 – March 2, 1939), sometimes incorrectly referred to as William V. Rathvon or William V. Rathbone, is the only known eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, of the over 10,000 witnesses, to have left an audio recording ...