The Gettysburg Address is a speech by Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States history.[dead link][1][not in citation given][2][3] It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.
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