Primary Source Document
The Gettysburg Address:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal."
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. 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 hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.
It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, 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.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal."
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. 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 hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.
It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, 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.
Response:
I used this source when explaining the Gettysburg Address in the Important Events Timeline, when describing the points Abraham Lincoln was trying to pass such as that we will never forget what they did here. This is a primary source document because it was written by Abraham Lincoln the president during the Civil War who gave this speech at Gettysburg.
I used this source when explaining the Gettysburg Address in the Important Events Timeline, when describing the points Abraham Lincoln was trying to pass such as that we will never forget what they did here. This is a primary source document because it was written by Abraham Lincoln the president during the Civil War who gave this speech at Gettysburg.
Secondary Source Document
The Battle of Antietam: The bloodiest single day of the war began just outside Sharpsburg early on the morning of September 17, 1862, when Union troops under General Joseph Hooker attacked the Confederates near the Dunker church. Later, the fighting would move to the Sunken Road, and then to a bridge over Antietam Creek, across which troops under General Ambrose Burnside managed to fight their way only to be withdrawn again when rebel reinforcements arrived at the end of the day.
Response:
I took this article from the PBS page on the War of Antietam/Sharpsburg. I used this source because it was given on the recommended sources list and it gave not only literary explanations but also visual with maps to help you understand what took place during that specific battle or event. This source is reliable because PBS is a well-known informative organization that would have little to no bias.
I took this article from the PBS page on the War of Antietam/Sharpsburg. I used this source because it was given on the recommended sources list and it gave not only literary explanations but also visual with maps to help you understand what took place during that specific battle or event. This source is reliable because PBS is a well-known informative organization that would have little to no bias.