Gettysburg College

28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that electrified a nation. In Washington D.C, King delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial and as his powerful voice echoed out across an audience of 200,000 people, echoes of the Gettysburg address could be heard as well as the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. It has been called “masterfully delivered and improvised sermon, bursting with biblical language and imagery.”The passionate speech is filled with rhetorical devices

the system of slavery alive for as long as possible. Many combats were fought during this four-year period; specifically, the battle in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from July 1st – 3rd, 1863, proved to be a pivotal turning point in the war. Author Henry Pfanz describes the battle in great detail in his historical analysis, Gettysburg: The First Day, examining the choices and costs made by both the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The vital decisions

The movie Lincoln by famous producer, Steven Spielberg, is a newer film based upon the life of Abraham Lincoln and his endeavor to pass the 13th amendment giving the right to free all slaves in their entirety. (1. How does this film relate the material to this course?) As we are currently going over the 19th century discussing slavery and the civil war, the movie deals directly with president Abraham Lincoln and his attempt to abolish slavery indefinitely through the act of the 13th amendment leading

The Battle of Gettysburg The beginning of the campaign of Gettysburg began after Lee won in Chancellorsville. He knew that if the South were to win a decisive battle in the North then European powers might shift in favor of the South and they might begin helping them. Lee also needed supplies and food for his army which the North had plenty of. Before Lee invaded though, he had to go to Richmond, Virginia and consult the President of the South, Jefferson Davis. It did not take much convincing

The first literary device that Dr. King employs in his speech is allusion. Allusion refers to a “figurative or symbolic reference”, and he utilizes this device in the second sentence of his delivery. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dictated the Gettysburg Address in the wake of the American Civil War. His words conveyed the message presented in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence written “four score and seven years ago”, which states that “all men are created equal”. King channels this

over six hundred and twenty thousand deaths occurred during this major conflicts between The Confederate and The Union States. Was there a turning point? A battle which changed the tide completely? Among the major battles we can find The Battle of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Stones River, and Fredericksburg. These battles were the changing points in history. The Country as we know it could’ve changed within a matter of minutes had the events occurred differently. In order to understand how this war played

elaborating on the history of the American civil war authored by Michael Shaara. The book has gained popularity among American citizens as it covers one of the deadliest battles in American history that took place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hence the title of the battle of Gettysburg (Shaara 5). The crash involved two major groups, the Confederacy, and the Union. The Confederacy constituted of seven secessionist states from the South who advocated for slavery while the Union consisted of the northerners

Esmeralda Diaz Mrs. Anderson English III 9 April 2015 The Long Shadow of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president, he was born on February 12, 1809 and died April 15, 1865, he wrote a speech named the Gettysburg Address, it was a short quick speech he wrote on the spot, but it made a big impact. Lincoln abolished slavery he modernized the economy and strengthened the federal government. He lead the United States through its civil war, it was one of the bloodiest

In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War? In the village of Hampton there was a man who goes by the name of Benjamin F. Butler who had in his words, “a large number of Negros, many of them are composed in a great measure of women and children who had fled thither within my lines for protection, who had escaped from marauding Rebels who had been gathering up able-bodied blacks to aid them in construction their batteries on the James and York rivers...

The Gettysburg War went down in history as a War fought over slavery, yet Shaara did not want to portray this reasoning, he wisely kept this a broad area. Shaara researched historical events and stories to guide the accurate information written, he maintained as much truth as he could, “Both authors present fascinating scenarios of events we know took place but cannot read much about in actual history” (Skarstedt 452). By providing outstanding respect towards both Union and Confederate the book remains