What did Lincoln want to do to the southern states after war?

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What did Lincoln want to do to the southern states after war?

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Throughout the war Lincoln struggled to find capable generals for his armies ... The Emancipation Proclamation, which was legally based on the President's right to seize the property of those in rebellion against the State, only freed slaves in Southern states where Lincoln's forces had no control.