1865

"In the fourth year of the war, victory seemed close for the North. But Lincoln felt no joy. Hundreds of thousands of men on both sides had died in battle. The country was deeply divided. Many Northerners wanted to punish the South for stating the war. Southerners were furious that the Union army had destroyed their cities and homes and crops. Could the nation ever be one people again?"

"In his second inaugural address, Lincoln shared his vision of how the county could heal itself."

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, lt us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds."