[rb22982]

Lincoln was way over-rated as well. Washington is all by himself.

[Vigilanteman]

Lincoln's major mistake was invading Virginia, rather than sending a fleet to blockade Charleston harbor and retake Ft. Sumter. Had he done the later, Robert E. Lee might have been a famous Union General leading the charge.

Most of Lincoln's other mistakes were appendages to this big one. Had he lived to serve out his second term, we may have had a very enlightened Reconstruction Era rather then the near disaster which resulted from the radical faction wanting to punish the south.

I believe Lincoln was a great president, and would rate him as #4 after Washington, Jefferson and Reagan . . . with a possibility to drop to #5 once history delivers the verdict on Donald Trump. Still, not a bad legacy.