Who delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863?

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.

Lincoln gave the speech on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The ceremony honored Union soldiers who had died during the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 through July 3 of that year.

Lincoln was not the event's main speaker. Edward Everett, a well-known orator and former U.S. secretary of state, delivered a much longer address before Lincoln's brief remarks. Lincoln's speech became more famous because it connected the Civil War to the principles of equality and self-government expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

The Gettysburg Address survives in five recognized manuscript versions associated with Lincoln, including the famous Bliss copy. Its exact wording is familiar, but the speech's brevity is also significant: it contained only about 270 words in the commonly accepted text.