If those men could see how the country turned out, Lincoln wouldn’t have been able to field a Platoon.
Both the Civil War and modern "progressivism" are brought to us courtesy of the Democrats.
Republicans have (almost) always stood for preservation of Founders' Original Intentions.
During the Civil War Northern Democrats temporarily allied with Republicans to defeat Confederates, but then soon after renewed their bonds with Southern Democrats, effectively nullifying the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments for nearly 100 years.