Why The Abraham Lincoln's Plan Was The Best One?

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I Carolyn Turner think that the Abraham Lincoln’s plan was the best one because he didn't want go to extreme measures and go straight to war he wanted to keep peace and bring the union together without war,basically the plan was a blue print for reconstruction which included the Ten Percent Plan that said a southern state could be readmitted into the union,President Lincoln hoped that his plan would weaken the confederacy by luring the confederate states back to the union,The plan was too put into action the union occupied or working parts of the confederacy, but it also lacked support in other parts of the confederate south

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