On the recordNovember 18, 1863
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [Gettysburg Address]
Share & report
More from Abraham Lincoln
Mar 7, 1865
It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having occurred in the discharge of his duties; and prior to his misfortune he bore the reputation of an efficient and…
Mar 3, 1865
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
Mar 3, 1865
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
Other voices in this conversation
