WebLincoln's First Inaugural Address: We Must Not Be Enemies Photo caption The President-Elect's life was in danger. An assassination attempt against him would be made as he passed through Baltimore, Maryland. Spirited at midnight onto a train, the former congressman arrived in the nation's capital, his movements carefully guarded. WebAbraham Lincoln, SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS 4 March 1865 Lincoln delivered this address to a throng of thirty or forty thousand people, many of them African Americans, gathered around the Capitol. The inauguration took place on a stormy day near the end of a war in which over 600,000 soldiers, from North and South, lost their lives.

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WebAbraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address Monday, March 4, 1861. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America had been inaugurated just two weeks earlier. President-Elect Lincoln was brought into Washington DC under cover by some secret route in order to prevent assassination attempts, guarded by troops under General Winfield Scott. WebFirst Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln – Political Rhetoric Archive First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Summary In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln both calls for the preservation of the Union and guarantees that the Union will not cede control over federal territories. inward turning of the eyelids

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WebSummary. In 1864, the nation held a presidential election during the Civil War—a powerful symbol of the American people’s commitment to democratic self-governance. The election was largely a referendum on President Lincoln’s war record, and it pitted Lincoln against his former top general, George McClellan. WebThe custom of delivering an address on Inauguration Day started with the very first Inauguration—George Washington’s—on April 30, 1789. After taking his oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, Washington proceeded to the Senate chamber where he read a speech before members of Congress and other dignitaries. WebFirst Inaugural Address. March 4, 1861. Washington, D.C. This speech had its origins in the back room of a store in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield for nearly 25 years, wrote the speech shortly after his election as America's sixteenth President. Before leaving town in January 1861, he sometimes eluded hordes of ... inward turning of one eye with blurred vision