It is worth noting that the assassination of Lincoln by Booth was one of the worst things that could happen for Liberty. At that point, the tyrant became a martyr and his death was used as cove for ushering in significant encroachments upon Liberty.
To this day, progressives and statists of all stripes and parties invoke his martyrdom on behalf of their efforts to continue the expansion of the central state.
Fun fact: A portion of Indiana seceded during the war of northern aggression.
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Luckily, Lincoln and his agents were too busy killing elsewhere to get around to the folks of Boggstown.
Ingenious -Now Lincoln was a Martyr. Hilarious....
....but....only Lincoln's a statist....not all those states in the south....who were so committed to freedom that they fought tooth and nail to enshrine....the lack of freedom in STATIST laws.
Both sides (read: policy makers) were hopelessly statist. There is no getting around it. Individual rights were ruthlessly violated on both sides.
Nothing says "I'm not a slaver" like enslaving a generation of boys to military service and forcing them to kill their brethren.