Abraham Lincoln didn’t give anybody anything.
Almost 300,000 dead Yankee soldiers did.
Uh oh! A Reb!
Sorry, I misread your post.
My great grandfathers fought with the Yanks in that war. In fact my g g g great grandfathers fought in the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. But the presidents who declare those wars and win them are due some credit. . That is meant to take nothing from those who did not survive those wars. They are our heroes.