To encourage peace and forgiveness!
It actually was not that short. President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address was approximately 700 words in length. You are probably thinking of President George Washington's second Inaugural Address, which was the shortest Presidential Inaugural Address in history, to date.
in the Gettysburg Address, saving the union is the purpose of the war
"The Second Inaugural" and "The Gettysburg Address.
radical republicans
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It actually was not that short. President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address was approximately 700 words in length. You are probably thinking of President George Washington's second Inaugural Address, which was the shortest Presidential Inaugural Address in history, to date.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural speech
135 words by President George Washington, made during his second inaugural address.
That was George Washington's second inaugural speech in 1793. Click on the "Second George Washington Inaugural Speech" link below to read it. George Washington's 2nd inaugural address was the shortest in history.
George W. Bush (the second one)
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Lincoln was elected two times. He gave his first inaugural speech, the first time he was inaugurated in 1861, his second the second time he was inaugurated, for his second term in 1865.