On the recordDecember 1, 1862
Our national strife springs not from our permanent part, not from the land we inhabit, not from our national homestead.
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In his 1862 Annual Message to Congress, Lincoln asserts that the Civil War's origins are not rooted in the physical land or the inherent nature of the nation.
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