And five months later, Lee surrendered; the war was effectively over when the amendment was enacted.
It was LIncoln’s war to fight and his to win; most of the offenses against the Constitution were restored by the end of Jackson’s term.
If the argument here is that there is no room for another book on this war because all that’s fit to know has already been printed then I will buy your presentation of events.
>>>>>>>>>>>> And five months later, Lee surrendered; the war was effectively over when the amendment was enacted. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
So? What does that have to do with the subject matter at hand.
Lincoln freed the slaves in the rebelling states with the emancipation.
He then free the rest of the slaves by changing the United States Constitution by adding the Thirteenth amendment.