He was a detrrmined individual and shrewd.
Saved the union by destroying the Constituion.
Exactly.
A bit more patience and slavery would have been eradicated in the South, by the South, in 10 maybe 20 years at the most. There were FAR more abolitionist societies in the South than the North.
Now, I find the concept of slavery completely odious, but the civil war was absolutely the greater of two evils.
Lincoln - second worst President ever.
After correcting your misspellings, I disagree.
He didn't destroy the Constitution, he did kick it in the balls.
It yelped, laid down and and recovered.
The USA was under assault then, as it is now, and Honest Abe, took extreme measures, and they worked.
Destroyed the Constitution, HELL NO, it is still working, you stupid ...
Don’t forget the advances in modern funeraries, thanks to his financing the war by selling officers’ bodies back to families.
https://connectingdirectors.com/54261-lincoln-embalming
Wow the progeny of NeverLincolners
And yet the Constitution survives.