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Finally, no discussion of the outcome of the U.S. Civil War would be completewithout acknowledging the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, who had no precedentto follow in his quest to keep our country together, was perhaps the single mostimportant influence on the outcome of the Civil War. It was Lincoln's desire to"let em up easy" and allow the defeated South to return to the Union peacefullyand without rancor. What could have degenerated into a conflict with the defeatedConfederate armies melting into the countryside to wage a protracted struggle,

actually resulted in our country's reunion.