Thanks for the link to DiLorenzo's lectures. His book was very interesting. It answered a lot of questions I had about the civil war. Needless to say, my admiration for Lincoln has turned to disgust.
Unfortunately, DiLorenzo maintains an inexplicable devotion to free trade as promoted by globalists. He seems to miss the connection that he made between Lincoln and the "money interests" and the then favored "protectionism" and what we are witnessing today: "money interests" and "free trade." During Lincoln's day, protectionism benefited the "money interests," today, free trade benefits the money interests/corporations. Just as one can argue that the US benefited from the graft of Lincoln's "internal improvement" programs the globalists argue today that the US benefits from global trade. I don't doubt that some benefits do trickle down, I only question whether Lincoln's way was the best way and whether the globalist free trade way is the best way. I believe tariffs put the economic reins back in the hands of the people and that is why globalists hate tariffs.
When I googled for an author about Lincoln, DiLorenzo's book came up. Then I googled DiLorenzo's book to see what had been written about it. I came to the same conclusion about the arguments against his writing as did you. Observing this seemingly orchestrated attack on DiLorenzo convinced me that I'm seeing the real side of Lincoln and I hope he rots in hell for the 620,000 lives that were lost thanks to his war of aggression.
Try reading up on Jefferson Davis some time.