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Now Abraham Lincoln was not the "wooden figure" many historians make him out to be. He was a real man, flesh and blood, that told dirty jokes (but never in mixed company) and farted from time to time.

He spent most of the war looking for a good general. He finally found one in U.S. (Unconditional Surrender) Grant.

Many myths about that war that aren't really that true.

But Abraham Lincoln, he was a man. He would tell a good story. His life story was pretty amazing. How did he ever get to be president? But he did. And he had it way tougher than Donald Trump. That, I can tell you.

Now Abraham Lincoln was not the "wooden figure" many historians make him out to be. He was a real man, flesh and blood

Some people start thinking that if Lincoln wasn't a pure holy angel he has to be the devil, but he was just flesh and blood and trying to cope with impossible situations.

Any US president would have to put up a minimal effort to resist the secessionist wave. If he didn't, people would be cursing him for standing aside and just letting the country fall apart. That was something the Confederates should have anticipated.

I think part of the problem was that Jefferson Davis wasn't as smart or as flexible as he needed to be. He rushed to war when he should have been more cautious.