As bad as Lincoln was, his death was a terrible tragedy for America. He was of a mind to heal the wounds. His death brought about the horrors of Reconstruction, its policies of retribution and revenge left scars that lasted well into the 20th century (and beyond).
Quite frankly, the Antifa, and BLM are a restoration of that pathology that was Reconstruction. As William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
...bump... From one who would have fought for the Confederacy.