Lincoln honors the soldiers who have so far sacrificed themselves to preserve the Union during the Civil War while also recognizing the significance of this action in his Gettysburg Address. In his address he solemnly states that nothing he could say can properly represent the sacrifice made by the Union soldiers. Lincoln claims that it was because these soldiers sacrificed themselves that the union has so far been preserved. He also makes an appeal to pathos by proclaiming that the battlefield will be these soldiers final resting place. Because of their sacrifice Lincoln tells his audience that they must continue fighting so that the soldiers do not die in vain and that the people's freedoms and democracy are preserved. Lincoln concludes that the people "shall have a new birth of freedom" by the end of the war and that this fighting will ultimately make both the nation and its people stronger.
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