March 4, 1861 (Monday)

"We are not enemies, but friends.
We must not be enemies.
Though passion may be strained
it must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory,
stretching from battlefield and patriot grave
to every living heart and
hearthstone all over this broad land,
will yet swell the chorus of the Union,
when again touched, as surely they will be,
by the better angels of our nature."
Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 Inaugural Address

Below are listed a number of links that give wonderful information about the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States, March 4th, 1861.  Tons of information here that is informative and heart warming, thought provoking, and insightful.  There are numerous scholars that weigh-in with their thoughts, manuscripts to interact with, and pictures to catch your imagination...so enjoy the reading:


Lincoln Addresses the Nation:  by the Editors of the New York Times--Disunion, March 3, 2011.  Four scholars share their thoughts; also an interactive picture of the Inaugural setting and an interactive manuscript of the original speech.

From This Week in Georgia Civil War History: 

The Lincoln Log, March 4th, 1861

Inauguration Day and video:

C-Span's Video Library when they honored Lincoln's Bicentennial of his birth:

From Civil War Daily Gazette:  "Lincoln Becomes President"

From the American Civil War Site:  Lincoln is inaugurated.

From Seven Score and Ten:  Lincoln Inaugurated....plus an editorial from the Richmond Daily Dispatch....