On a very controversial basis, US President Lincoln pushed the envelope of his Constitutional powers throughout the US Civil War. He often made apologies for what many of his fellow Republicans and of course Democrats, were not the proper uses of his authority. The fear that if unchecked, Lincoln was setting dangerous presidents.
His power increased -- he was given special war powers by Congress.
Decrease
to win the civil war
The Civil War.
The American Civil War
End of Civil War.
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Blockading the Southern ports.
honest Abe is one of them
The Gettysburg Address
To preserve the Union.
The Civil War.
free the slaves