I wasn’t raised deifying Lincoln. My folks were all as far
as I know, Confederates. GGGrandfather fought at Shiloh;
said he didn’t really know for sure if he killed any Yankees
or not, but didn’t see how he could have helped it. Shiloh
was “the biggest mess he’d ever seen in his life”. My
parents took me to the Bloody Pond even when I was a small
child. It was darker with blood then, over 60 yrs. ago! It
has faded some in over a half century. - Daddy always
thought Lincoln could have avoided that war; but maybe not.
I just don’t view him as a hero; maybe a martyr for the
woman he was married to I guess. - I guess, too, this isn’t
a popular viewpoint on FR.
It’s a popular viewpoint among Southerners, not so popular among Northerners.
Although, some Northerners (such as myself, though I am an EX-Northerner) who believe in States Rights lean more your way.