Which 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln honored the Union dead at a Pennsylvania battlefield?

Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 speech honoring the Union dead at a Pennsylvania battlefield was the Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln delivered the address on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The cemetery commemorated Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

The speech was brief, but it redefined the war as a struggle to preserve a nation founded on liberty and equality. Lincoln also connected the conflict to the principle that government should be based on the people.

The Gettysburg Address is often confused with Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered in 1865. The inauguration speech reflected on the causes and meaning of the Civil War, while the Gettysburg Address was given at a battlefield cemetery dedication.