U.S.History-CivilWar-18

The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, ______, is of immense importance due to its concise yet powerful articulation of the Civil War's purpose and the enduring ideals of the United States. President Lincoln reframed the Civil War as a struggle not just to preserve the Union, but also to ensure that the nation, founded on the principle of equality, would have a "new birth of freedom".