had his life not been shortened by Mr Booth, he MIGHT have been able to do just that. after all, he HAD "preserved the union", though at the PERMANENT cost of LIBERTY!
free dixie,sw
In the "Great Sioux Uprising of 1862", 250 indians were sentenced to hang in the upper midwest.
Lincoln intervened, only the leaders were hanged, (30 or so), Lincoln's intervention on the part of the Indians absolutely enraging the local settlers.
It was still an awful tragedy.
The great grandmother of an extended family member remembers hiding in caves along the banks of the Mississippi River. It was a bloody 30 years or so war.