That November day in 1863 was undoubtedly filled with many emotions to begin with, but somehow Lincoln managed to bring forth even more from his audience. In particular, the speech was being given on the very ground that the bloody battle of Gettysburg had been fought on just four months earlier. Lincoln had intended on delivering this speech in order to tell the people that this battlefield would be turned into a cemetery for those fallen in battle. But with the civil war still raging on, he soon realized that he needed to also inspire the people to continue the fight. This war, that had only been going on 2 years, had already taken more lives of American servicemen then both the world wars and vietnam war combined. The American people were
