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July 3, 1863: Fighting at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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1863: A copy of the Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Lincoln at the war cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Circa 1864: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth US President with his family.

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View of two pages of a reproduction of a early draft of American President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address, which was delivered, after several revisions, at the dedication of the National Cemetary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863.

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Circa 1850: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States who abolished slavery and steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War.

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Circa 1865: American president Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which led the Union to victory in the Civil War.

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The 16th American president, Abraham Lincoln, sitting and leafing through documents, Washington, D.C.

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Illustration of president Abraham Lincoln gesturing as he delivers the Gettysburg Address, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863.

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A female teacher smiles and points to the first sentence of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address written in chalk on a blackboard.

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Postcard honoring president Abraham Lincoln for his Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves, 1860s.

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American President Abraham Lincoln raises his hand as he delivers the speech later known as the Gettysburg Address to a large audience, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863.

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July 1863: The gateway to the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, scene of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.

