“A Word Fitly Spoken”: Abraham Lincoln on the American Union

Exactly one month before Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address on March 4, 1861, a provisional Confederate States of America had already drawn up a constitution and elected officers. Moreover, the departing president, James Buchanan, added to the new president’s difficulties. ................
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