Threats of murder, marches to DC by militia, and kidnapping plots greeted Lincoln’s first inauguration. The tense ceremony, on the eve of Civil War, was held on the east front of the Capitol in ...

A crowd gathers for President Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration on March 4, 1865. His words touched on the heartbreak and loss of the Civil War, which would soon be over. “No inaugural ...

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address is one of the most famous speeches for politicians calling for unity. Among the most famous lines: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.

LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL. Share full article. July 26, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 26, 1883, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

When Abraham Lincoln stood on the Capitol steps in March 1865, to swear the oath of office for a second term and to deliver his second inaugural address, the crowd below the bunting—soldiers of ...

Read Lincoln's first inaugural address. March 4, 1861. Fellow-Citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly ...

On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stood at the U.S. Capitol to deliver his second inaugural address. Lincoln’s second inauguration came within days of the Union’s victory over the ...

Abraham Lincoln’s two inaugural speeches were both historic and prophetic. Read some of the highlights of these landmark addresses. Lincoln became president in 1861 as the southern states were ...

The Library of Congress on Wednesday unveiled three photo negatives -- long mislabeled -- of the crowd that gathered at the Capitol for Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.

Lincoln inauguration, March 4, 1861 Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Benjamin B. French Album, LOT 12251 On November 6, 1860, a small group assembled at the east front of the ...

Read Lincoln's second inaugural address. March 4, 1865. Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than ...