President Lincoln was unable to do anything after the Civil War because he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth FIVE days after the Civil War ended.
Lincoln was assassinated
Lincoln believed that all men and women were created equal and that a country like America which claims to be the "Land of the Free" couldn't tolerate slavery. The overall purpose of the Civil War was to end the practice of slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that granted freedom to slaves in America. However, this document did not end the Civil War.
to end the civil war
He wanted to end the Civil War and end slavery
to END slavery.
Commander in Chief.
civil war ; person; Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln assassinated
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclimation which freed slaves indefinelty but also led to the end of the civil war.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States of America during the Civil War. Jefferson Davis wa President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
He gave command of the Army to Grant.