Didnt Vlad free his people from the Slavery the Ottoman Empire would have brought? Perspective wise, he is a much bigger hero than Lincoln. He did impale people, the reason being it was standard for the Ottoman Empire to use impaling as a means to discourage and dishearten resistance wasnt it? He simply did unto his mortal foes as they would have gladly done to him. I say this because we have about zero evidence at this point that there will be any statues of Lincoln or him being considered any sort of hero in 300 years. Vlad's position as a hero is still strong, and he has been going as a hero of the past for a lot longer.