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"   Lincoln thought slavery was simply wrong, and he
believed that the founders hadn’t intended it always to exist
in the United States. Lincoln was willing to let slavery remain
legal in the states where it was already permitted. But he thought that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the
new states entering the Union in the American south and
southwest. Every new state to join the country, Lincoln firmly
believed, should prohibit slavery." - 109 to 116

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"  Lincoln met with his commanders to discuss the war.
General William Tecumseh Sherman asked Lincoln about his
plans for Jefferson Davis. Many in the North wanted Davis
hanged if he was captured. Did Lincoln think so, too? Lincoln
answered Sherman by saying that all he wanted was for the
Southern armies to be defeated. He wanted the Confederate
soldiers sent back to their homes, their farms, and their shops." - 240 to 246

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"  Lincoln met with his commanders to discuss the war.
General William Tecumseh Sherman asked Lincoln about his
plans for Jefferson Davis. Many in the North wanted Davis
hanged if he was captured. Did Lincoln think so, too? Lincoln
answered Sherman by saying that all he wanted was for the
Southern armies to be defeated. He wanted the Confederate
soldiers sent back to their homes, their farms, and their shops." - 232 to 238

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"While Jefferson Davis spent his last night in the
Confederate White House, alone, without his family, he did
not know that Abraham Lincoln had left his own White
House several days ago and was now traveling in Virginia.
Lincoln was visiting the Union Army. The Union president
did not want to go home until he had won the war. And he
dreamed of seeing Richmond." - 220 to 226

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President Lincoln kept the idea of reuniting the United States of America after the Confederate State of America was formed, splitting the USA in half almost.

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Abraham Lincoln only wanted things to as they were previously, prior to the Civil War. So he tried to make it as clear as he could to his military HR and government officials. As seen in the evidence.

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After being the first Republican President, and seeing majority Democratic states leave the Union, he may have felt sad or at fault for it. And needed to make it right, by reuniting the country as a whole.

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Lincoln believed that slavery was unjust and should be banned. And kept this same thought throughout the entire war.