“Ring! Ring” The alarm bells awoke me with a jolt. I stretch, and as with each new day, I am filled with optimism. That is, until, I open the window. I hear the loud blares of the Union marching band’s trumpet, and see children parading up and down the streets, proudly waving the red, white, and blue flags synonymous with the north. I snap out of my good mood, and it is instantly replaced with frustration. I can’t stand any more days of Union festivities, and must put an end to Abraham Lincoln’s tyrannical rule. I saunter down the velvet staircase down to the dining room of the National Hotel and unhurriedly eat my cold porridge. As usual, one of the hotel workers comes to me with my mail. “Here, sir, your mail has arrived.” I sift through
With the eruption of the Civil War came one of the biggest tribulations and trials that this country has ever faced, but as we understand the motives of one of the greatest Presidents in American History we can see that the Civil War was inevitable. From his original intentions of merely preserving the Union and holding the country together, to permanently abolishing slavery we can observe why prevailing in the struggle of the Civil War is one of Lincoln’s defining legacies. Thus, as the civil war draws to a close, an old tumultuous era has ended, and a new more prosperous era has
leading up to and surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s death. The purpose of this book is to
In Lincoln’s speech he recognized the losses that the union suffered and honored the dead with his most famous speech, it was about the purpose of the soldier’s sacrifice, equality, freedom, and national unity. The speech didn’t have much effect during his lifetime, in many ways it was forgotten and lost to popular memory until the U.S. centennial in 1876, when its significance was reconsidered in light of the war’s
On March 4, 1865, four long years after the onset of the Civil War, United States President Abraham Lincoln presented his consolidating Second Inaugural Address with “high hope for the future.” His ideas for progression metamorphosed from “saving the Union without war,” in his First Inaugural Address, to salvaging what remained of the ruptured relationship between the North and South in his Second Inaugural Address and mending the wounds suffered by both. The president achieved his intent by using cogent parallelism paired with elaborate allusions to reveal that both the North and the South possess corresponding traits, and descriptive diction to ekove more than emotions in his audience.
The date is December 1st, 1862; the Union has recently witnessed the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Antietam. Walking in front of Congress, President Abraham Lincoln commencing his Second Annual Message to Congress as says these words, "We know we are the Union. The World will not forget that we say this. We-even we here- hold the future, and we bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assume freedom to the free- honorable alike in what we give and what we
While addressing a country healing from a 4 year civil war Abraham Lincoln gives a unique second inaugural address containing various rhetorical appeals. Hoping to ease tension between the North and the South, Lincoln expresses his thoughts and ideas about the war and the nation's future through strong rhetoric. This short but significant speech obtains strong appeals towards parallelism, tone, and ethos. The shocked American people were content and surprised with Lincoln’s speech for it was nothing but unusual.
This is the end, i’m sorry I have to leave you. You have grown so much since the first time I had seen you. I will miss you. At that moment, I realized that I won’t get to see America grow even more than it already has... Ok, before I give away anything else, let’s go to this morning, before all of this happened. It was Friday, April 14, 1865, 7:08am when my wife Mary came into my bedroom and made me the usual breakfast in bed. She got me 1 egg and a cup of coffee. After I got out of bed I went to my office and worked for a while.
It was April 14th, 1865 and another day without my beloved son, Wille. I awoke and got dressed with one of my many dresses. As I get dressed, the headline flash through my mind, First Lady spends the President’s Money on Dress, they are always criticizing me about my jealous temper and shopping habits. Oh never mind them I think, it’s nothing I can control. I look for Abe as my maid attends to my morning routine necessities. I must be honest, this war has cost my family so much. It is so demanding of my husband and all I wish is for some time with him. To my shock, Robert, my son, and Abraham are seated at the breakfast table. Taking a seat, I watch as my husband grins from ear to ear while listening to Robert.
Fighting for what you believed in was a relevant theme in early America, however, fighting was only half the struggle, once you won what happened next was up to the leaders of the new system. In Abraham Lincoln’s speech “ The Second Inaugural Address”, America is nearing the end of the civil war and Lincoln explains what should happen next as their victory approaches. Through the use of rhetorical strategies such as diction, allusion, and syntax the audience connects to Lincoln and his statements while understanding the great future America is capable of.
Lincoln (1863) opens by discussing our new nation “conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”. As Lincoln had instituted the Emancipation Proclamation earlier in the year, the war was becoming increasingly about slavery. Here Lincoln declares that the document our country was founded on, The Declaration of Independence, validates the Union cause and that abolition is an inherently American ideal. He then talks of the war and whether our nation as constituted will survive. He speaks of dedication; of the cemetery, of citizens, and most of all the soldiers who have died. Lincoln
The American Civil War was a disastrous and detrimental era marked by mass casualties and a collapsing nation. Abraham Lincoln’s iconic speech, “The Gettysburg Address”, provides numerous rhetorical strategies to strengthen his appeal to end the war, unite the North and South, and honor the fallen soldiers who gave their lives to his cause. Lincoln’s application of various rhetorical devices, i.e. repetition, anaphora, and antithesis, enhance his claim, which is to unify the nation.
When perfect quiet is restored, I shall proceed. I cannot speak so long as there is any noise or confusion. I shall take my time I feel quite prepared to spend the night with you if necessary. I very much regret that everyone who desires cannot hear what I have to say. Not that I have any display to make, or anything very entertaining to present, but such views as I have to give, I wish all, not only in this city, but in this State, and throughout our Confederate Republic, could hear, who have a desire to hear
In President Lincoln’s second inaugural address, Lincoln gave the nation hope for a life worth living for that was expected to come soon after the Civil War. During the Civil war the North and South were drawn apart. Both sides had different opinions on the war, but because they had no other option they were left to confront it. In his speech Lincoln gave the audience a feeling of hope and reassurance as he uses a confident and poised tone in order to regain the nation's trust and support. However, his use of rhetorical devices is the real prize winners in his speech.
As sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in his speech, the Gettysburg Address, establishes that America needs to come together to fix its wounds. Lincoln’s purpose is to explain the fact that although during the time of the Civil War and America’s weakness, if we banded together as one nation, we can fix everything that was haywire in the country. He adopts a sympathetic tone in order to move the audience and sway their decisions in teaming up.
“You can change the laws, but you cannot change the hearts of the people.” The year of 1865 was definitely not a year of prosperity and idealism. During the last months of the war and the first months of the post-war era in the South, many families suffered and faced challenges that made it difficult for them to progress in society. Among those families were Cornelia McDonald, Louis Hughes, John Robertson, Samuel Agnew and their families. These four Southerners faced an unpredictable future. In the narrative written by Stephen V. Ash titled “A Year in the South 1865” depicts the daily life of these four “ordinary” people in the South and how their different backgrounds affected their abilities to adjust themselves at the end of the war.