1. "in vain" means without reason. "shall not have died in vain" is a phrase from the Gettysburg Address where Lincoln was dedicating a cemetery. "That these dead shall not have died in vain" meant that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg would have died for a noble purpose if the North won and the Union stayed together. "shall not have died to no purpose" in other words.
2. shouldn't have died in anger
1. "in vain" means without reason. "shall not have died in vain" is a phrase from the Gettysburg Address where Lincoln was dedicating a cemetery. "That these dead shall not have died in vain" meant that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg would have died for a noble purpose if the North won and the Union stayed together. "shall not have died to no purpose" in other words. 2. shouldn't have died in anger
From Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
To encourage feelings of responsibility to continue fighting for the cause.
He asks people to keep fighting so "that these dead shall not have died in vain" - APEX
To die in vain means that you died for a cause but your death did not change anything.
That you lived and died for no purpose.
He was indicating that the Civil War had a purpose and that was to preserve the union of the United States. To do this, the North had to win the war. Otherwise, the death of the soldiers would be in vain. (Ending slavery was a also a secondary purpose)
Like use his name in vain. For example 'god sake' or 'Jesus Christ!'
It's 'die in vain', meaning "to die needlessly"
i have made mistakes in my lide, but i know now what i could of have done differently so why live dwelling over it.
They gave everything they had: their lives.
that the death was meaningles. or they dident manege to do the thing they had to do. or died in a way that was not useful for the living.