(A) ** to set aside a portion of the field as a graveyard for fallen soldiers
(B) to make a commitment to avenging the slain Gettysburg troops
(C) to pledge the nation to the Northern cause
(D) to surrender the nation to God
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Concept note-1: -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 might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground.