Abraham Lincoln: “The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be…”

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The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.

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Lincoln asserts the necessity of preserving the Union and the use of all essential means to achieve that goal during the Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln: “The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.”