Why did President Lincoln address the nation immediately following Lee's surrender? A: He thought that declaring the war officially over would end all fighting immediately.
B: He wanted to reassure Confederate soldiers and encourage more surrenders.
C: He thought it best to punish the South as soon as possible.
D: He knew of Booth's desire to assassinate him and wanted to get the speech out of the way.

A: He thought that declaring the war officially over would end all fighting immediately.

Explanation:

He did not agree with having colored slaves and them getting treated badly for not doing work

on the morning of  july 21,  1861, general mcdowell ordered the  unionarmy to attack. it was on this hill that  confederate  colonel thomas jackson and his forces held back theunion  troops.

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