num_pages: 256
description: The dedication of the Gettysburg Soldiers Cemetery on November 19 1863 was more than a way to honor fallen heroes at the most famous battle of the war. It was the administrations most important political event since Lincolns election three years earlier.The three major addresses at Gettysburg were not a random collection of individual orations. They were a carefully planned and constructed ensemble designed to accomplish different yet complimentary purposes. Each speaker intended to eulogize to some degree. Edward Everetts style was deliberate. He sought to educate his audience. Lincoln was inspirational. He intended to elevate the war to a higher moral plane. Anderson was provocative. His address was designed to motivate even agitate the crowd to support a vigorous prosecution of the war. Lincolns words entered the canon of American scripture where they remained timeless and permanent. Everetts speech was printed and then largely forgotten. Andersons oration had an even shorter exposure disappearing from sight immediately and remaining buried for nearly 150 years.Author David T. Dixons fast-paced narrative tells the remarkable life story of Charles Anderson who kept turning up at critical places and moments in the Civil War. The book features a complete printing of Andersons lost speech and his hand drawn map of the Stones River Battlefield both published for the first time.
language: English
title: The Lost Gettysburg Address
publisher: B-List History