This bugs me. Simple he wasnt. He was big on goverment and fedral control. SO the real cause of the war from lincolns own pen was secesion. And if that is the case, the south had every right to do so.
Simple history is written by the conqers.
I think the rescent assault on southern symbols such as the battelfalg is unamerican,and could be resovled with some education. The emancipation didnt free the slaves. The war was not over slavery. The constititution dosent deny the right to do so. But some will argue it dosent give the right to do so ethier.