Was Lincoln a Good President?

Was Lincoln a good President?
Yes and No.
First, Lincoln was a Constitutionalist, that was good!
He basically believed in States Rights, but he believed more in the Declaration of Independence's assertion that All MEN are created equal. So that was his quandry.

Second, Lincoln never Freed all the Slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation ONLY freed the Slaves in the 'Rebelling States.'
Had he made 'Equal the Black Man' the Northern Farmers would NOT have sent their Sons to fight for the Union, NOT for Lincoln.
Lincoln was an Idealist that I admired, but he was a pragmatist, and a man of his Times as well. So he knew that his only hope for change was in time and in the New Territories!

Third, Lincoln could have PREVENTED the Civil War by NOT provoking the 'Rebelling States' by Posting Troops and then fortifing them at Ft. Sumter.
He could have allowed a 'cooling off period' for the Rebelling States who were exercising their Right of Nullification of the Constitution. And entered into a 'New Arrangement' with the Rebelling States. Instead in his push to Save the Union Lincoln brought on the Civil War.
Too many Lives were lost and too much property destroyed and too much animosity was festered that even today we feel the effects of Lincoln's mistakes!