Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 at the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In just over two minutes, Lincoln framed the Civil War as a struggle for a new birth of freedom and honored the soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Gettysburg, urging the nation to resolve to fight for the cause of liberty and democracy for which they gave their last full measure of devotion.