In President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, he suggested
The fault of the war laid with both the North and South due to their roles in centuries of slavery.
The Northern States were to blame for the Civil War because they were destructive to the Southern economy.
The Confederate States were at fault for the war and should be harshly punished for their actions.
Neither side was at fault because the war was inevitable due to British and French intervention playing the North and South off each ot