Ben Johnson’s Reviews > Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film – A Riveting Political Biography of the Thirteenth Amendment > Status Update

Abraham Lincoln is frustrated. During this war the general's lack of experience showed. Lincoln had to fire and hire new generals over 6 times. While talking to General Grant at the end of the war he states,"General, I have hired and fired many men. Now I know your reputation and how many battles you have won, but please don't make me fire you" (167). THis shows why Abraham Lincoln should be frustrated.

General Grant is courageous. Instead of taking the army around Virginia he went right through it. " We are going to go right through is and stick it to those rebels" (74). This quote shows that General Grant is courageous.

Abraham Lincoln is very intelligent. He used his wit to strategize how to win the Civil War. He said, " To win this war we must divide and conquer"(53). This quote means that to win the war, Abraham Lincoln needed to use his mind. This is why Abraham Lincoln was samrt enough to win the war.

Abraham Lincoln is kind. During the Black Hawk War a lost elderly native, who was starving, came to there camp. When everyone else wanted to kill him, instead Lincoln sided with the native and said, " He announced to the soldiers that if they wanted to harm the old man they would have to go through him" (17). This shows how Lincoln was kind to a man he didn't know.