Lincoln was to have allegedly said that if keeping slavery would prevent a civil war he would allow slavery to continue. Lincoln didn't want war. But he thought that keeping the Union intact was very important if the united States were to survive. The slavery issue was used as a calling card for recruiting and to get the north behind the war effort when things were not going well.
Lee was loved by his troops but tactically he wasn't much. Sure if he had the best terrain and was being attacked he was great because his troops loved him and would hold their positions. But on the attack he was really bad. Gettysburg is case in point. Even some of his early successes can be blamed on the Union war department and Lincoln and not on him. They insisted that the field commanders attack even though the field commanders knew that they shouldn't. One of the reasons he decided to fight at Gettysburg was because even the Southern papers were calling him "the King Of Spades" because he liked to dig in and let them come to him. Today the formula is 3 to 1 odds to attack. Back in those days it was higher because a charging soldier couldn't reload while the dug in guy could reload and fire many times before they got into hand to hand.
It's claimed that officers who did not like Grant told Lincoln that Grant was a drunk and Lincoln was supposed to have replied that he wanted to know what Grant was drinking cause he would send some to his other commanders.
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