Question

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. —Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln; March 4, 1865 What situation was Lincoln addressing during this speech?

Answer 1

The United States was close to winning the Civil War.

Answer 2

To speak of sadness and it was about the civil war and slavery.