To convince Americans that the war was worth continuing
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what was one of the purposes of president Lincoln's Gettysburg Address To convince the public that the sacrifices of war had been worthwhile apex
To commemorate the deaths of thousands of soldiers.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to write a speech for the opening of a cemetery for men that died during the Battle of Gettysburg.
encourage Union soldiers to continue fighting for the important goal of freedom
He wrote the Gettysburg Address to talk about the many soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
That was Lincoln on the field of Gettysburg, trying to sound biblical as he celebrated 87 years since the Declaration of Independence.
The civil war
the singing of the declaration of independence. The Gettysburg address was in 1863 four score and seven years ago refers to 87 years which is 1776 the singing of the Declaration of Independence.
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