The War Aims of the Civil War It is a major misconception that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. The Civil War was not fought over the issue of Slavery, it was fought over the South's secession and preserving the Union. The main war aim of the north was to preserve the Union and to prevent another innocent of this magnitude from happening again, not to abolish slavery. Slavery was a …showed first 75 words of 1497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1497 total…very useful in giving the policies ideas and actions of Abraham Lincoln during his Presidency. Schwartz, Barry. Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992 This book was useful in giving the people's opinion of Lincoln throughout the ages then and now. It tells how he it conceived as the great emancipator and is actually not. It describes his love for the Union and his desire to protect it.