LAD #13 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

After the difficult and bloody battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln, in an effort to lift the North's spirit and devotion to the war, created the Gettysburg Address. In the address, Lincoln stated that America had been founded as a land of freedom and the civil war was an event testing the success of the free and united nation. Lincoln states that to honor the soldiers that have already fought and died for the country, the North must continue to devote itself to the war and protect America's freedom and unity.