... but you can't naysay the bravery and dedication of those who fought.

Never did, Slag, nor would I attempt to do so.

No one, in my book [i.e. Lincoln], that had the power to perhaps change the events that led to the unCivil war..

A it too simplistic, Bobert. You're implying that Lincoln had some sort of magical/ mystical powers.

He had no more chance of stopping the run-away freight train that had been leading up to Civil War for decades than Obama has of turning around in 18 months the fallout from 30 years or Republican mismanagement.