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Lincoln's fears of making slavery a war issue were based on a harsh reality: abolition did not enjoy wide support in the west, the territories, and the border states. [ 270 ] [ o ] In 1861, Lincoln worried that premature attempts at emancipation would mean the loss of the border states, and that "to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose ...
However, Lincoln did select some top diplomats as part of his patronage policy. [323] He also closely watched the handling of the Trent Affair in late 1861 to make sure the situation did not escalate into war with Britain. [324] Seward's main role was to keep Britain and France from supporting the Confederacy.
During the war, blockade runners delivered the Confederacy 60 percent of its weapons, 1/3 of the lead for its bullets, 3/4 of ingredients for its powder, and most of the cloth for its uniforms, [245] lengthening the Civil War by two years and costing an additional 400,000 lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides.
"Lincoln vs. Palmerston" in his Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power (2013), pp. 120–69. Symonds, Craig. Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War (2008). Oxford University Press. Taylor, John M. William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand (1991) ISBN 1-57488-119-1
While Gettysburg was seen by military and civilian observers at the time as a great battle, those in the North had little idea that two more bloody years would be required to finish the war. Lincoln was distraught at Meade's failure to intercept Lee's retreat, believing that to have done so would have ended the conflict. [10]
Today, Lincoln is remembered as guiding America through its most contentious period to date -- the Civil War era. As the nation stood divided, President Lincoln fought to unify the nation and ...
[79] [80] A few weeks before the war, Lincoln sent a letter to every governor informing them Congress had passed a joint resolution to amend the Constitution. [81] Lincoln was open to the possibility of a constitutional convention to make further amendments to the Constitution. [82] March 1861 inaugural at the Capitol building.
Seward had consulted the early Federalist papers only six weeks earlier, while composing a speech for the Senate, and reflecting on the dangers of civil war. [6] Lincoln for his part took Seward's draft of the closing and gave it a more poetic, lyrical tone, making changes such as revising Seward's "I close.