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The Gettysburg Address was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 19th, 1863. The speech is now known to be one of the most quoted and one of the greatest speeches in United States history.
 * HISTORICAL CONTEXT **

Early July, 1863, 160,000 American soldiers were involved in a battle named //The Battle of Gettysburg//, which is now recognized as the overall turning point of the Civil War. After the war, the battlefield contained the bodies of more than 7,500 dead soldiers and several thousand dead horses. On the afternoon of November 19th, 1863, Abraham Lincoln rode by horse between secretary of state William H. Seward and secretary of treasury Salmon P. Chase to dedicate the grounds of the Soldier's National Cemetery.

Approximately 15,000 people are estimated to have attended the ceremony. Governors of six of the twenty four union states including Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, Augustus Bradford of Maryland, Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Horatio Seymour of New York, Joel Parker of New Jersey, and David Tod of Ohio would also attend. This speech would eventually make a great impact on American history and the civil war.


 * **November 19th, 1863 at the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania**
 * **Known to be one of the most quoted speeches in United States history**
 * **Known to be one of the greatest and most affective speeches of all time**
 * **Derived from //The Battle Of Gettysburg//, where 7,500 American soldiers died**
 * **Addressed the turning point of the civil war**
 * **Lincoln arrived on horseback**
 * **Approximately 15,000 people attended to watch and listen to Lincoln speak**
 * **Speech would overall make a great impact on American history and the civil war.**