Abraham Lincoln's Role In The Civil War

As the southern states such as Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, began to succeed from the Union, many burdens and challenges awaited Abraham Lincoln as he came into office. Despite his challenges, Lincoln maintained his sense of humor along upbeat spirit stayed diligent to his actions in office, maintaining an active role in the progress of the war and the policies that were passed. While Lincoln was urged and criticized to change his goals; Lincoln remained steadfast, in his primary goal to maintain the union above all else.
With the weight of the civil war and the abolition of slavery, the burdens of this would have broken any other person in Lincoln’s position. However, Lincoln was said to be “the first humorist in the white house.” However, Lincoln’s high spirit did not dull
Lincoln also present the conflict that the United States “Must a government, of necessities, be too strong for the liberties of its own people or too weak to maintain its own existence.” Lincoln understood that this could threaten the existence of the union not only the clash of ideas but also the future of power of the federal government versus the power of the state government. Not only must Lincoln make choice based upon the preservation of the Union but also how to change the union after wards. For example, Lincoln was urged by his advisors to punish the south for their succession, despite this Lincoln instead chose to help rebuild by starting the Era of Reconstruction. If Lincoln had chosen not to Confederacy, it would have contracted his plan, not to reform the union but to maintain the Union. Even during the war Lincoln goals maintained not on the complete annihilation of the Confederacy. Despite both advisement and criticism urging Lincoln to hurt the south, Lincoln stayed true to his goal to maintain the Union, all of the