i think it’s perfectly fine to critique what Lincoln did, and how much he increased federal power, and in hind sight how he could have handled the war better. but, from my readings of Lincoln, both in favor and against, i personally think he was an incredible man who handled an impossible task very well. and i don’t see any reason to think ill of him. i don’t understand the mentality to look back at history so naively, like all the outcomes were so obvious or act like there weren’t wheels set in motion that could not be stopped.