Rhetorical Analysis Of Remember The Titans Gettysburg Speech

     Michael Shaara’s fictional novel, The Killer Angels, is based on the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The novel allows the reader to recognize the heart and courage of the more than two million men that fought in the war. Shaara focuses the reader to better understand the reason why these men fight and the meaning of the war. Ultimately, the reader observes that the war is fought on an individual level as much as a governmental level. These men are there to fight for what they believe is truly right. The Confederates fought for their rights to hold slaves, their freedom tyranny of the Federal Government, and their

The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the war. The union suffered 23,040 casualties, while the confederacy suffered 20,650-25000 casualties (Document B). This battle was so big, that American dedicated part of the battlefield as a memorial site, for those who died. Lincoln said in document D, “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live.” In document C it says that Robert E. Lee wrote letters to the president saying that his men were dying. All of these horrible events opened Americans eyes to how deadly war can

The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important battles in the Civil War. If I was a Union soldier on cemetery ridge or little round top, I would be scared. Imagine bullets tearing down your friends around you, blood spattering the ground and yourself. I would be thinking “imgoingtodieimgoingtodieimgoingtodie” over and over. However, I would grasp onto that little light at the end of tunnel, hope. I would feel tortured inside, but I’d have to kill fellow human beings to save my own life. I would wonder if this was the most ethical way to settle a problem. But I would have to kill other soldiers, and that would kill me inside. With the fear of getting killed, the adrenaline rushing through my veins, taking the shot to end one life, and save another. And I would have to face this internal conflict over and over until it was safe, or until another soldier decided to make that same decision and chose me as their target. This is what I would feel if I was a Union soldier in the battle of Gettysburg.

“There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.” Stated by Abraham Lincoln, this quote embodies the essence of war, its tragic character and unfortunate occasional necessity. Accordingly, the outcome of war and its battles is often determined by the attitudes of the leaders of the opposing sides, including their causes for the willingness to fight and to be fought. Such was the case with the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels presents the leaders of the Army of the Potomac and the leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia with antithetical attitudes in relation to the Civil War. Although the causes of the leaders of the Union Army and the Confederate Army were both associated with the notion of freedom, the perspectives on freedom were contrasting with the Union Army advocating freedom of the individual, and the Confederate Army advocating freedom the states. Also, the leaders of the Army of the Potomac and the leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia had different outlooks on successful war strategies, with the Union favoring defensive tactics and the Confederacy favoring honorable offensive approaches. Additionally, the Union Army’s leaders had a gargantuan amount of confidence and perseverance which aided in winning the Battle of Gettysburg, while the Confederate Army was not as persistent and capitulated in battle.

He padded shoulders, noted faces. It was very quiet and dark down among the trees. Night was coming” ( pg 177) Here Chamberlain notes that many lives were taken during the battle. There was blood everywhere. The death to rose to fifteen thousand for both parties this day. There had never been a deadlier war. Chamberlain is feeling great grief. He could see the darkness around him, physically and mentally. The loss of all these men was being felt by someone. Them not going home for their kids. Their wives waiting for them at the dinner table. It created not only a space in homes and towns, but also in the armies. This makes both the Union and Confederacy vulnerable to each other. The Battle of Gettysburg created many gaps amongst families, national armies, and a country

Thursday, November 19, 1863, I traveled to pay my respects for all of the great soldiers of the Union that had died on this field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The reason I chose to go four-and-a-half months after the Union had the victory is because I heard that Edward Everett was going to speak. Even though I went to see Edward Everett speak I found President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address made much more of an impact on the people of the Union. Although Edward Everett’s two hour long speech was a great speech it no where near made as much of an impact as Lincoln’s 272 word speech.

In the speech “Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos are present. Lincoln uses these rhetorical terms to urge people to keep fighting in this time of war.

The Battle of Gettysburg was based on the Civil War. President Lincoln made the statement that the “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”. His message and statement was clear that he believed as well as wanted for all to be equal. So as opposed to coming to devote the ground, Lincoln says that the individuals are there to be devoted to "the unfinished work" of the committed warriors that is, the conservation of the Union and its goals of freedom and uniformity. In the event that the Union were to abandon the Civil War and numerous individuals upheld making concessions toward the South to end the war then these fighters' passing would be futile or useless. This is both a suggestion to take action and an avocation for proceeding with the war.

On July 1st, the Battle of Gettysburg had brought a tragedy for the both the Union and Confederacy, with more than 50,000 casualties. On the first day, Confederate forces attacked the Union causing their own forces to fall. On the second day though, the Union was prepared and caught the Confederacy off guard. With 19,000 casualties, Confederacy lost this one. On the final day of the battle, the Confederacy failed to attack the Union in several ways. Their first attempt was to take down the front line. Their second was Stuart’s cavalry trying to attack the Union’s rear. But the Union’s heroic acts had caused them to gain yet another victory. On July 4th, the battle had come to an end with the retreat of the Confederacy. The conclusion of this

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most powerful and historic speeches in American history. Lincoln delivered the speech during the American Civil War and people were standing on the same ground where hundreds of men had died in battle. Lincoln spoke two hundred and seventy three words and delivered his point across strong. The “Gettysburg Address”, by Lincoln, was created to discuss the purpose of the Civil War, which included a memorial dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives for equality, and the importance of maintaining the Democratic government. Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” speech was successful through his use of structure, pathos, and ethos.

In Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the line that reads, “These dead shall not have died in vain” describes the Civil War the greatest, and reveals the influential meaning behind his whole speech. This powerful fragment taken from Lincoln depicts the Civil War by saying that the Union and Confederate’s losses were creating a new future for the United States. Soldiers on both sides were fighting for what they believed was the best for their country, and that their sacrifices were the reason America was able to reorganize and unite as one again.

The American Civil War is, to date, the bloodiest and the most real war in the eyes of American citizens, with every battle raging in American back yards and farm fields. This great war of ours holds battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, and Stones River all known for being exceptionally violent and casualty heavy. However, none of these can compare when it comes to the amount lives lost or importance to the outcome of the war itself as the Battle of Gettysburg; the three day engagement fought between the North-bound men of Robert E. Lee’s confederates and the union soldiers under Meade’s command.

“Fourscore and seven years ago” (Gettysburg Address) are the famous first words of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was an epideictic discourse given in honor of the fallen soldiers in the Civil War. The address itself is very ceremonial due to the fact that it commemorates the brave efforts of the soldiers who had been fighting. The main purpose of an epideictic argument is to praise someone and Lincoln’s address does just that. He states in his speech “the brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract” (Gettysburg Address). Lincoln discusses the plethora of virtues that these soldiers possessed in the midst of war.

As sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in his speech, the Gettysburg Address, establishes that America needs to come together to fix its wounds. Lincoln’s purpose is to explain the fact that although during the time of the Civil War and America’s weakness, if we banded together as one nation, we can fix everything that was haywire in the country. He adopts a sympathetic tone in order to move the audience and sway their decisions in teaming up.

Lincoln speech, The Gettysburg Address, is set with an extremely patriotic tone. His main focus behind the speech is to boost the morale of the people during the time of the Civil War. Lincoln opens by stating, “…our fathers brought for on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty,”(149) and goes on to state that, “all men are created equal”(149) in the same line. This could be easily described as a pathos part of his speech, as it appeals to a very common emotion, especially during times of war: patriotism. It also adds to the ethos, by giving him the credibility of using historical figures.