Address Your Children (A Comparative Analysis of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Lee's Letter to His Son) Margaret Mitchell once said, “They knew that love is torn away in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that came with it. The Civil War was a difficult time for the American people, both on the battlefield and at home. Although the name is quite misleading, there was nothing civil about this war. I was fought with the violence and brutality that would define a century. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Lee take interesting positions on their Civil War texts Gettysburg Address and Lee's Letter to His Son. Both Lee and Lincoln had a rather emotionally detached release in the content of their lyrics. It was in the divergent country's interest for Lincoln to remain impartial to the current state of the Civil War. If he were to even hint at blaming the North or the South for the demolition of the country and its people, it would only further divide the nation's population. His speech is highly acclaimed for its scholarly influence below...