President Lincoln was not a well known politician. In 1958, Lincoln ran for Senator against Stephen A. Douglas. He lost the election, but he gained national attention from his spirited debate against Douglas. This debate helped him win the …show more content…
This speech was a dedication of soldiers who died after the Union defeated the Confederate Army at the Battle of Gettysburg. President Lincoln began his speech, "Four score and seven years ago". He began his speech referring it to the Declaration of Independence 1776. President Lincoln stated at Gettysburg: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
In 1864, President Lincoln won re-election after the end of the Civil War. He encouraged unity with the Union and the South. In his second Inaugural Address, he spoke the following words, which are inscribed on the Lincoln Memorial: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds...." President Lincoln's spirit was guiding him to change the South and create a country of