Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endu
re. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
What does Lincoln mean when he says soldiers gave "the last full measure of devotion"? (5 points)
The Union defeated the Confederates at Gettysburg.
Lincoln means that the soldiers were willing to die to give their lives out of love and devotion is the right answer
Explanation:
The battle that lasted for three days was the worst ever during the war period. Many soldiers died while on duty. The rest remained in panic but they were determined to win the battle. This was, however, a very critical battle because if one side gave up, the other will think that they would have won and achieved their independence through other confederacy nation.
Even though they took more causality on both days, the troops never gave up, but in the previous battles the armies were not ready to make such causalities, and because of this they gave up to the forces of the south
