What’re you talking about? Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus and then attacked the seceding states with the northern army.
How is that “soft” in your eyes?
Jackson, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao would have broken even more eggs to make an omelet.
Most western omelets have a libertarian flavour augmented by hot-sauce to taste.
I guess the odd cowboy likes an extra helping of fascism baked in.
The poster noting that most modern anti-Confederates are self-righteous jerks, at best, may have hit the nail on the head. Usually I root for the cowboy, but there are times one is moved to root for the bull.
Don’t forget Lincoln ordered the imprisonment of the entire Maryland Legislature to prevent a vote on Secession of Maryland from the Union. Thereby surrounding D.C. with Seceded States.
He ordered their imprisonment. Directed executive military order on civilians.