1863 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Abraham Lincoln September 2021 February 2026 February 2025 1863 State of the Union Address Hand colored Emancipation The Past and the Future by Thomas Nast.jpg Emancipation The Past and the Future by Thomas Nast 1863 12 01 House Chamber, United States Capitol State of the Union Address Abraham LincolnHannibal HamlinSchuyler Colfax Format Written Previous 1862 State of the Union Address Next 1864 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 1863 State of the Union Address was written by the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and delivered to the United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 8, 1863, amid the ongoing American Civil War. He said, "The efforts of disloyal citizens of the United States to involve us in foreign wars to aid an inexcusable insurrection have been unavailing," referring to the citizens of the Confederate States of America, and their failed efforts to bring the Emperor of France, Napoleon III, or the British Monarch, Queen Victoria, onto their side. He ended with, "The movements by State action for emancipation in several of the States not included in the emancipation proclamation are matters of profound gratulation." http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/75.html State of the Union Address: Abraham Lincoln (December 8, 1863) InfoPlease 18 April 2018 On foreign policy, the President mentioned the construction of a new telegraph line from the Pacific coast to the Empire of Russia. On domestic matters the President mentions the rapid construction of the Pacific Railroad. Additionally, the President mentions that 100,000 former slaves were now in the Union military service.President Lincoln's Third State of the Union https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/president-lincolns-third-state-union 2024-12-31 American Battlefield Trust en References Abraham Lincoln's Third State of the Union Address 1863 State of the Union Address 1862 State of the Union Address 1864 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1863 expanded Category:Speeches by Abraham Lincoln Category:Presidency of 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 1863 in the United States Category:1860s State of the Union addresses Category:1863 works