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Lincoln employed the "Anaconda Plan" devised by General in Chief Winfield Scott to blockade Southern Ports and the Mississippi River. Unlike Scott's plan however, he did attempt to take the Confederate Capitol and many lives were lost in the effort.
He built an ever-enlarging army and directed it south into Confederate states; he also sent naval units down the Mississippi River and along the Atlantic Coast. Read up on Sherman's March and other offensives.
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Abraham Lincoln
It's true that the first priority of US President Lincoln was to preserve the Union at all costs. He personally was against slavery. Later in the war, he decided that issuing his Emancipation Proclamation would help bring an end to the war faster.
Abraham Lincoln
Without a doubt, the war policies of US President Lincoln kept the Union in tact. It was a bloody four year war. Sadly, Lincoln was soon assassinated.