Final answer:
Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 Presidential election was General McClellan. The statement in question from Ken Burns' documentary 'The Civil War' is not attributed to any of the options provided.
Step-by-step explanation:
Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 Presidential election was General McClellan. The statement in question from Ken Burns' documentary 'The Civil War' is not attributed to any of the options provided.
The statement in question was not made by Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Wilmer McLean, or James Buchanan in episode one (The Cause) of Ken Burns' documentary The Civil War. However, to address the exercise provided, Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 Presidential election was General McClellan. The other options listed, General Grant, General Sherman, and General Lee, were prominent figures in the Civil War, but only McClellan ran against Lincoln in the election.