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[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

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[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

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President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication. In 2007, the Center for Civil War Photography identified a figure in the crowd as Lincoln; see http://www.civilwarphotography.org/lincolngettysburg.html. In 2013, Christopher Oakley identified a different figure as Lincoln; see http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/Interactive_Seeking_Abraham_Lincoln_at_the_Gettysburg_Address-180947919/

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01/01/1863
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
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