his original main goal was the restore the union. he freed the slaves in about the middle of the war.
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After April 12, 1861 it became keeping the union together.
To bring the union back together.
to preserve the union
At the beginning of the Civil War the northern goal was simply to restore the Union at all costs. Slavery became the main issue in the following years of the war but the goal at the start was to save the Union!
There main goal in the beginning was not to end slavery but to reunite as one country.