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The biggest reason is that Abraham Lincoln was against slavery, and the confederate states were for it.
To keep him from abolishing slavery in the south.
"You want to forgive" actually has two verbs, want and forgive.
Because Richmond was the capitol of the Confederate States of America, where the Confederate leaders were all located. Only miles form Washington DC, capturing the confederate leadership would disrupt all elements of the confederates operations.
Lincoln wanted the states to be united and to show the other nations that America could fix itself without any other help.
Robert E. Lee. He said he would have to wait to see if Virginia voted Confederate. When it did, he went with his state.
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It depends on what they did. If you feel you want to then maybe they should. If you forgive them and want to give them another chance then you should.
To monopolise this important military highway and deny its use to the enemy. Also to isolate all Confederate units to the West of the river.
In case Lincoln lost. That would mean the North was not wanting to fight on. In that case, there would have been a compromise peace, and the South would probably have gained their independence. As it was, Lincoln won, and the Confederate cause was totally doomed from then on. Any further fighting was pointless, except to show that the Confederates were not the sort of people who would give up easily. (Not much consolation to the bereaved families of those who had died for nothing.)
Lincoln's first goal was to preserve the Union. However, he did want to free the slaves but did not want to upset the South more then they already were. The Union victory at Antietam gave Lincoln the confidence to pass the Emancipation Proclamation. It created great excitement, but its many loopholes failed to free any slaves.
Because of the blockade the Union troops forced on the Southern ports. They did not want to risk the goods they were shipping to be destoryed.