the gettysburg addressgettysburg, pennsylvanianovember 19, 1863four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.18631119()abrahamlincoln180918651861186518611865 the gettysburg addressgettysburg, pennsylvanianovember 19, 1863four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallowthis ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.18631119-*father men four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallowthis ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.1919 19216of the peopleby the peoplefor the people of the people, by the people, for the people the gettysburgaddressabraham lincolngettysburg, pennsylvanianovember 19, 1863four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 1DDgettysburg battlefieldone of the bloodiest battles of the civil war was fought in gettysburg, pennsylvania, on july 1-3, 1863. general robert e. lee came face to face with a union army led by general george meade. on july 3, lee sent three divisions, about 15,000 men in all, against the union. this oval-shaped map by theodore ditterline depicts troops and artillery positions along with roads, railways, and houses with names of residents. the library has one of the finestcollections of civil war printed maps and the foremost collection of confederate field maps, numbering