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Gettysburg Address
The
Gettysburg Address
is a speech by
U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln
, one of the best-known in
American history
. It was delivered by Lincoln during the
American Civil War
, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the
Soldiers' National Cemetery
in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
, four and a half months after the
Union
armies defeated those of the
Confederacy
at the
Battle of Gettysburg
.
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