{"id":1145,"date":"2013-06-29T13:20:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2016-06-19T13:55:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T13:55:11","slug":"speech-to-166th-ohio-regiment-august-22-1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/speech-to-166th-ohio-regiment-august-22-1864\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks to 166th Ohio Regiment (August 22, 1864)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Contributing Editors for this page include Andrew Villwock<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 36px;\">#150<\/span> on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Annotated Transcript<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/40421\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>On This Date<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/panel\/this_date\/1864-08-22\" target=\"_blank\">HD Daily Report, August 22, 1864<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelincolnlog.org\/Results.aspx?type=CalendarDay&amp;day=1864-08-22\" target=\"_blank\">The Lincoln Log, August 22, 1864<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Close Readings<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B14O2CGO2vY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B14O2CGO2vY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> by &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; participant Andrew Villwock, Fall 2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Andrew-Villwock\/Posts\/Close-Reading-of-Abraham-Lincoln-to-the-Ohio-166th-Regiment-August-22-1864\">with transcript available here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Custom Map<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3282\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2014-01-26-at-5.43.42-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-01-26 at 5.43.42 PM\" width=\"484\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2014-01-26-at-5.43.42-PM.png 692w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-shot-2014-01-26-at-5.43.42-PM-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=214923210427089848626.0004def4e79e2ae545ca4&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=38.898231,-77.036798&amp;spn=0.002973,0.005177&amp;iwloc=0004e062af4c7edc92945\" target=\"_blank\">View in Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How Historians Interpret<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cA few days thereafter, Lincoln told another Ohio regiment: \u2018I almost always feel\u00a0inclined, when I happen to say anything to soldiers, to impress upon them in a few brief remarks the importance of success in this contest. It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children&#8217;s children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives. I beg you to remember this, not merely for my sake, but for yours. I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father&#8217;s child has. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations. It is for this the struggle should be maintained, that we may not lose our birthright \u2013 not only for one, but for two or three years. The nation is worth fighting for,nto secure such an inestimable jewel.\u2019 These brief, informal addresses rank among the best of Lincoln\u2019s spontaneous utterances and give the lie to critics who disparaged his ability to address the public without a prepared text.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Michael Burlingame,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knox.edu\/documents\/pdfs\/LincolnStudies\/Burlingame,%20Vol%202,%20Chap%2034.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Abraham Lincoln: A Life<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2 volumes, originally published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) Unedited Manuscript by Chapter, Lincoln Studies Center, Volume 2, Chapter 34 (PDF),\u00a03802.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lincoln made this emotional speech to a regiment of battle-weary soldiers on their way home after concluding their army service. The speech was published in the press the following day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Mario M. Cuomo and Harold Holzer, eds.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8bWmmyJEMZoC&amp;pg=PA328&amp;dq=Remarks+to+166th+Ohio+Regiment&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi9nqnC0K_NAhVLMSYKHQ7RDc4Q6wEISjAH#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>Lincoln on Democracy <\/em><\/a>(New York: Fordham University Press, 2004), 328.<\/p>\n<h3>NOTE TO READERS<\/h3>\n<p>This page is under construction and will be developed further by students in the new \u201cUnderstanding Lincoln\u201d online course sponsored by the House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. To find out more about the course and to see some of our videotaped class sessions, including virtual field trips to Ford&#8217;s Theatre and Gettysburg, please visit our Livestream page at <a href=\"http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/gilderlehrman\/lincoln\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/gilderlehrman\/lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Searchable Text<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I suppose you are going home to see your families and friends. For the service you have done in this great struggle in which we are engaged I present you sincere thanks for myself and the country. I almost always feel inclined, when I happen to say anything to soldiers, to impress upon them in a few brief remarks the importance of success in this contest. It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children&#8217;s children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives. I beg you to remember this, not merely for my sake, but for yours. I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father&#8217;s child has. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations. It is for this the struggle should be maintained, that we may not lose our birthright&#8212;not only for one, but for two or three years. The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributing Editors for this page include Andrew Villwock Ranking #150 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript &#8220;I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House.&#8221;\u00a0 On This Date HD Daily Report, August 22, 1864 The Lincoln Log, August 22, 1864 Close Readings Posted at YouTube by &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; participant Andrew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10857],"tags":[10873,10869,11625,10861,10862],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-father-abraham","tag-humility","tag-interview","tag-nationalism","tag-public","tag-wartime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4381,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/4381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}