Today, Abraham Lincoln is widely the greatest president in American history. His of the Civil War was absolutely to the outcome – reintegration of the Union. With a leader, the United States might not have the southern states and might be two nations. Lincoln’s impoverished beginnings, self-education, oratory skills, , humanity, and political genius have made him in American history. No other American has been written about more, or written about with such great as our 16th president.