How did different people "mend" or"reconstruct"the Union after the Civil War?

Different people and president Lincoln himself wanted to "mend" or "reconstruct" the Union after the Civil War.

Explanation:

Reconstruction is the process of rebuilding the United States especially the Southern States where the physical destruction was tremendous after the Civil war.

President Lincoln felt that the Southern states should be treated with leniency.

He felt that the Southern states had never truly left the Union.

He wanted to mend the nation's wound rapidly and did not want to punish the South. but as you know sadly, Lincoln was assassinated before reconstruction.