(A) ** to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who gave their lives
(B) to get more land and resources
(C) to fight in a great civil war
(D) to find more ammunition for the war
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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.
Concept note-2: -Lincoln delivered the address on November 19, 1863. He was in Gettysburg to dedicate a national military cemetery to the Union soldiers who fell at the Battle of Gettysburg four months earlier. The North’s victory here was one of the pivotal battles of the American Civil War.
Concept note-3: -President Abraham Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, to commemorate a new national cemetery at Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The Gettysburg Address’s significance is that it sought to give meaning to the sacrifice of soldiers who died during the war.
Concept note-4: -Lincoln addressed an audience of about 15, 000 at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery four months after the Union defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.