AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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The South
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Congress
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The Union Army and its supporters
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The world in general
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address? The main purpose of the Gettysburg Address at the time it was given was to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg. It also gave Lincoln’s purpose for pushing on to win the Civil War-the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the Union.