2. Evaluate President Lincoln Why is Lincoln considered our ‘greatest’ president?

3. At the start (1861) of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stated, “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save the Union by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save the Union by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that also.” What was Lincoln’s main goal at the start of the war? What changes by September 1862 that makes Lincoln change the Union’s goals?