How was Lincoln's Assassination important to the Civil War, and how did it affect the outcome of it?

I know Lincoln's assassination brought devastation, but I need too know exactly how the people, the war and the nation was affected at the time (1861-maybe sometime after 1865).


Help!! I will appreciate any help given.|||He was assassinated after the war was over. It affected the north deeply.


He had advocated for no revenge to be taken against the south and the south had to suffer through some very touch time being readmitted into the union and to deal with an occupying army. i don;t agree that the south got the last hit, they suffered more than they would have had Lincoln lived.





"President Abraham Lincoln was the leader of the moderate Republicans and wanted to speed up Reconstruction and reunite the nation as painlessly and as quickly as possible. Lincoln formally began Reconstruction in late 1863 with his Ten percent plan, which went into operation in several states but which Radicals opposed. Lincoln vetoed the Radical plan, the Wade-Davis Bill of 1864, which was much more strict than the Ten-Percent Plan. The opposing faction of Radical Republicans were skeptical of Southern intentions and demanded more stringent federal action. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Senator Charles Sumner led the Radical Republicans."|||It was after it was over but it also showed that the confederacy is still alive and that they got the last little hit against the union, see more at http://bussinessmouse.googlepages.com|||Lincoln was assassinated after the Civil War was over.