Lincoln was the president and head of the Union Army when they went into the Civil War. Lincoln had three speeches: the Gettysburg Address, LIncoln First and Second. The speeches were to address the public and to transfer his idea to the public. The progression of Lincoln ideas was steadfast until his assassination. Also Lincoln ideas was to unite the Union back into the one nation it was before the war and his secondary objective was to talk about slavery.
In Lincoln First Inaugural Address, Lincoln basically says that “no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to the effect are legally void, and that of violence within any State or States against the the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.” This basically means that no state can leave the Union or the government will be
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After Lincoln saw and heard of all the bloodshed during the Battle of Gettysburg, his idea for uniting the Union back together was reinforced and changed his idea of talking about slavery, to trying to free all the slaves in the southern states. This affected the American People because Lincoln then went full force trying to make the seceded states submit, he had the American people make guns, clothes, and other essential stuff the win the war quicker. He also gave orders to free any slave they can find and to raze any of the seceded towns and cities. This forced the South into submitting to the Union. Even in the Gettysburg Lincoln says that the people who have died did not die in vain on both sides because he still wanted to force the South to come back but there was a small amount of respect Lincoln had for the seceded