How did President Abraham Lincoln show kindness to the South?

As early as 1863, Lincoln announced his plan for reconstruction and forgiveness for the Confederate states. It was called the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. read more

Lincoln believed the South had never legally seceded from the Union and he believed in forgiveness and pardoning the Confederate soldiers as long as they swore allegiance to support the Constitution and the Union. read more

The Terrible Truth About Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate War Posted on January 20, 2014 by Michael Hutcheson President Lincoln has been all but deified in America, with a god-like giant statue at a Parthenon-like memorial in Washington. read more

I recently finished reading “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” the remarkable biography of Abraham Lincoln (as well as Seward, Chase, and Bates his three rivals for the Republican party nomination in 1860) by Doris Kearns Goodwin and was deeply touched by the portrayal of Lincoln. read more