• Part 23 -- February 1863: A Civil War draft and questions of whether black men will enlist for not so equal pay • Part 24 -- March 1863: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb entertain Springfield while Union and ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

“Sending for his host, he enquired the order of the exercises of the next day, and began to put in writing what he called some ‘stray thoughts’ to utter on the morrow.” Only true known photo of ...

On this day, 144 years ago, approximately 6 weeks after 7,500 men died in a 3 day battle, 1 man, bellowed 10 sentences and 272 words in 3 minutes. Little did he know that this short speech would ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at ...

Modern-day politicians would do well to learn from the brevity of Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, the speechwriter for former President George H.W. Bush says on the 150th anniversary of one ...

It was the biggest assignment of Joseph Ignatius Gilbert's journalistic career -- and he was in serious danger of blowing it. On Nov. 19, 1863, the 21-year-old Associated Press freelancer was standing ...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania newspaper Thursday issued a retraction of a 150-year-old editorial that described the Gettysburg Address as "silly remarks." The Patriot-News, based in ...

Prologue -- Map for July 1 -- Day one: July 1, 1863 -- Map for July 2 -- Day two: July 2, 1863 -- Map for July 3 -- Day three: July 3, 1863 -- Epilogue -- President Abraham Lincoln's address at the ...