In the movie "Gangs of New York", the general feeling about Lincoln is well-portrayed. They hated Lincoln in New York (Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed, etc.) and hated the blacks and the Chinese, too. I guess they hated everybody up there, and when the draft was first instituted, they were REALLY upset. It wasn't perfect up North, either. Only the South is seen as evil. There were good AND bad "slave owners" (but they were all wrong - granted). Some were treated as family members, some were treated horribly. But Gone With the Wind is JUST A MOVIE, not social commentary, set in that time and place. It's a LOVE STORY. Prissy was s l o w, the Carpetbaggers are historically accurate, Mammy was loyal to the O'Hara family, and lots of scum came in to take over the South and pick up what was left, etc. Good grief, why can't the Left just leave SOMETHING alone? Since they're so worried about it, they don't mention that in the film Ashley said he was going to free all the slaves when the war was over anyway. He WAS decent. Weak, but decent. But does any of this REALLY matter now? No.
So was "Gangs of New York".