Who delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a Civil War cemetery in 1863?

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a Civil War cemetery in 1863.

Lincoln gave the speech on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The cemetery honored Union soldiers who had died during the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3 that year. Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.

The address was much shorter than the main speech that day, delivered by Edward Everett. Lincoln spoke for about two minutes and used only 271 words in the version most commonly studied. Despite its brevity, the speech connected the Civil War to the Declaration of Independence and the ideals of equality and popular government.

The Gettysburg Address is sometimes confused with a battlefield order or a military speech. It was instead a dedication speech, delivered after the battle, that later became one of the most influential statements in American political history.