[Non-Sequitur]

Yes, but I imagine that the Confederate Government would have given them a clear answer, rather than playing games with them as the Lincoln Cabinet did.

Of course you would imagine that, you would imagine anything that would put the confederacy in a positive light. The fact of the matter is that there was no serious offer to negotiate anything, there was no desire for a peaceful solution of anything except complete and total acceptance of the validity of the southern rebellion.

[TexConfederate1861]

There was very little rebellion. Why else would peace commissioners go to Washington? If Lincoln had accepted the status quo, there would have been NO WAR. That is a fact.