How did abraham lincoln's ideas about the course the nation should take after the civil war differ from those held by many northerners.

Unlike many Northerners, LIncolin favored a policy of reconciliation with the former Confederate states. His desire to restore these states to the Unon was paramount in his public and private pronouncements. He viewed the process of secession as one that was led by individuals within states. So loyalty oaths by a majority of citizens in these states was deemed adequate to restore a state to the union.

it was the new england colonies.

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