This sentence talks about the battlefield of Gettysburg and the larger battlefield that America has become.

This statement claims that the world will never remember this speech or day but will always remember the soldiers that died here.

This statement rallies support to finish the job that these holy figures started by ending the war and fighting on.

This statement says that this is the right thing to do.

This statement discusses the heroic sacrifice of each soldier and dedicates the field as a resting place for them.

This statement claims that we can not make this ground holy or sacred here at the scene of this speech a year later and casts doubt into the audience.

This statement says that it is his hope that the audience can not let these heroes die for nothing and that, only by continuing to fight, can we assure the ideals that began this country and this speech. It rallies support for the union and reenergizes the ideals behind the bloody war.

This sentence discusses the beginning of the country and quotes the Constitution and brings the audience back to the central ideas that started the country.

This sentence discusses the plight of the country today.

This statement makes #6 clear by saying that the ground is already holy as the men who died here for the right cause have made it so with their selfless sacrifice.