1864 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Abraham Lincoln September 2021 February 2026 February 2025 1864 State of the Union Address 1864 12 06 House Chamber, United States Capitol State of the Union Address Abraham LincolnHannibal HamlinSchuyler Colfax Format Written Previous 1863 State of the Union Address Next 1865 State of the Union Address Abraham Lincoln series Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print (3x4 close cropped).jpg Abraham Lincoln 1862 signature.svg text-align:center; Personal yPersonal y Early life and career Family Health Religious views Sexuality Patent Artifacts and relics Photographs Black Hawk War text-align:center; Political yPolitical y Spot Resolutions Political career, 1849–1861 Douglas debates Views on slavery text-align:center; 16th President of the United States y16th president of the United States y Presidency Transition Inaugurations first second text-align:center; Tenure yTenure y American Civil War The Union Emancipation Proclamation Ten percent plan 13th Amendment Reconstruction text-align:center; Presidential campaigns yPresidential campaigns y 1860 election convention 1864 election convention text-align:center; Speeches and works ySpeeches and works y Inaugural speeches first second State of the Union 1861 1862 1863 1864 Lyceum Peoria Lost Speech House Divided Cooper Union Farewell address Gettysburg Poetry "The Suicide's Soliloquy" Bixby letter McCullough letter text-align:center; Assassination yAssassination y Baltimore Plot State funeral Tomb Catafalque Flags Hearse Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences text-align:center; Legacy yLegacy y Historical reputation Memorials Depictions Lincoln's Birthday Ghost Bibliography Topical guide The 1864 State of the Union Address was given by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. It was presented to the United States Congress on Tuesday, December 6, 1864. It was given right before the end of the American Civil War. He said: "The war continues. Since the last annual message all the important lines and positions then occupied by our forces have been maintained and our arms have steadily advanced, thus liberating the regions left in rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of other States have again produced reasonably fair crops. The most remarkable feature in the military operations of the year is General Sherman's attempted march of 300 miles directly through the insurgent region."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/76.html State of the Union Address: Abraham Lincoln (December 6, 1864) InfoPlease On foreign relations, the President mentions friendly relations with most Central and South American nations. On domestic matters the President noted the rapid construction of the first transcontinental railroad and telegraph lines. On the matter of slavery the President said:Fourth Annual Message The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fourth-annual-message-8 2024-12-31 www.presidency.ucsb.eduI retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year a ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to reenslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single condition of peace I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part of the Government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. References Abraham Lincoln's Fourth State of the Union Address 1864 State of the Union Address 1863 State of the Union Address 1865 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1864 expanded Category:Speeches by Abraham Lincoln Category:Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Category:Works by Abraham Lincoln Category:38th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:Politics of the American Civil War Category:December 1864 in the United States Category:1860s State of the Union addresses Category:1864 works