"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.. 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." Abraham Lincoln Excerpt from Gettysburg Address, 1863 12. President Lincoln is stating in this excerpt that - a. The Confederacy is significantly weaker than the Union military b. The cause of the Civil War is due to Southern aggression C. Slavery is the institution that the No and South disagree over d. We must continue fight for the cause that these soldier's died for​