USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

[SOURCES]
Lincoln said the soldiers had consecrated the land meaning

(A) they won the war here.

(B) ** they made it a sacred site.

(C) defeated the Confederacy.

(D) destroyed the Union.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -they won the war here. they made it a sacred site. defeated the Confederacy.

Concept note-2: -He and others came to Gettysburg to dedicate the cemetery ground, but Lincoln turns it around, stating that by struggling and spilling blood and dying on that battlefield, the soldiers themselves have already dedicated, hallowed, and consecrated (which all essentially mean “make something sacred or honored") the area.

Concept note-3: -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.

Concept note-4: -According to Lincoln, why are they unable to “dedicate, ” “consecrate, ” or “hallow” the battlefield? Because they can’t honor it as much as the soldiers declared it sacred. The ground already was dedicated and hallow by those who took part in the battle especially those who died.