Yes.
Right at the end, the South offered to abolish slavery if they coud keep their independence. Lincoln was not interested.
The South fought a War of Attrition to make the Northern population sick of war, and make Lincoln negotiate peace.
It didn't. Both sides wanted peace. Nobody wanted war, except Lincoln. Lincoln tricked the South into firing the first shot and that started the war.
The Peace Democrats wanted to end the Civil War as well as the draft. They sympathized with the South.
The north and south
To rebuild the South
The Emancipation Proclamation was written in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as he attempted to bring peace to the nation and end slavery.
He wanted to bring the south back into the Union.
The North.
The north (Abe lincoln) fought with the south over the right to have slaves. the south wanted slavery. the north won.
help the south out after an defeat in the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was too anxious to compromise with the South.