Did Lincoln Seek To Avoid War?

This essay is Chapter 13 in Mr. Taylor’s Union At All Costs: From Confederation to Consolidation(2016).

“I supported President Lincoln . I believed his war policy would be the only way to save the country, but I see my mistake. I visited Washington a few weeks ago, and I saw the corruption of the present administration—and so long as Abraham Lincoln  and his Cabinet are in power, so long will war continue. And for what? For the preservation of the Constitution  and the Union ? No, but for the sak...