Hundreds of thousands of individuals perished in the epic conflict of the American Civil War.
His address marked the beginning of a new tradition of commemorating American Soldiers and also signaled a transformation in t.
President Abraham Lincoln\'s Gettysburg Address perhaps best voiced the public yearning to memorialize the war dead.
As battles raged and the specter of Death and dying hung over the divided nation, the living worked not only to bury their dead but also to commemorate them.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals perished in the epic conflict of the American Civil War