Lets be honest about saving the Union. Who really gives a fuck about that? Especially during those times. The South was backward, and the South is still backward. It is the bastion of tRump support and Fascism right wing Christianity today.

Saving the Union is a bullshit excuse to glorify Lincoln. Any of person of the North or South who made comments about wanting what is best for the white race as Lincoln stated would not be given a pass as Lincoln often is.

While he was going on about men being free his armies were slaughtering native Americans, women were still being mistreated, and children were still caged in factories.