100% he was. I maintain Lincoln was a terrible president. It does make a lot of people mad, but it’s the truth.
I have noticed a pattern in history. Virtually all of our "super genius" Presidents turn out to be disasters.
Just look at it. All the "intellectual" Presidents thought they were too smart by half. Lincoln never expected the war to get so ugly or be so difficult as it turned out to be.
Wilson created a horrible world mess. Roosevelt (FDR) seriously expanded Federal Power. JFK *CAUSED* the Cuban Missile crises and got us involved in Vietnam. Carter created the Iranian threat that has been troubling the world ever since.
Bill Clinton created the financial crises, and Idiot intellectual Barack Obama created ISIS and the Migrant crises that is now streaming millions of parasites into Europe.
Pretty much all the "smart" Presidents made a total mess of things. Lincoln was one of those "too smart by half" Presidents, and his rule was a disaster for the nation.