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Events on Thursday 19 November 1863 1
1863Gettysburg Address deliveredLincoln's speech redefines the war's purposePresident Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on 19 November 1863. The short speech redefined the Civil War as a struggle for human equality and became one of the most quoted speeches in American history.