It is too simplistics to think of the Civil War as between North v. South. Plenty of Democrats in the North, known as Copperheads, supported the Confederacy -- the New York City draft rioters, the Democrat candidates for governors of Illinois and Ohio who were paid Confederate agents, etc. In the South, the blacks (don't they count?) were pro-Union as were the "Billy Yanks in the Hills". For decades after the war, these hillbillies of Apallachia and the Ozarks remained staunch Republicans, as did the blacks.
And without Abraham Lincoln, we would not be living in the UNITED States of America, so all patriots should indeed celebrate him.
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And without Abraham Lincoln, we would not be living in the UNITED States of America, so all patriots should indeed celebrate him.No, I would be living in the Confederate States of America, much closer to the Constitution then the Empire is today. So, no I will not celebrate him and I am a patriot