Jefferson Davis hoped that a Confederate victory at Gettysburg would result in a truce-with an intact Confederacy.
And never forget it was an activist actor who killed Lincoln...imagine Martin Sheen or Alec Baldwin with guts.
How much guts does it take to shoot someone in the back of the head? I don't know anything about Sheen, but I could see an unstable lunatic like Baldwin during one of his frequent temper tantrums doing that.
Actually, I think the Actor with the most venom currently is George Clooney.
Then Jefferson Davis was a fool.
And never forget it was an activist actor who killed Lincoln...imagine Martin Sheen or Alec Baldwin with guts.
John Wilkes Booth avoided service in the war, hardly the sign of an activist. And whatever courage he had came from the bottom of a brandy bottle. A true Southron patriot. </sarcasm>