[0.E.O]

The South sent delegations to Washington, D.C., and offered to pay for the Federal properties and enter into a peace treaty with the United States.

A bit of an exaggeration. It might be more accurate to say that the South sent a delegation to deliver their demands to be recognized. Only if Lincoln caved was there a vague offer to discuss "matters and subjects interesting to both nations." So if paying for the stuff they stole wasn't interesting to the Confederacy then it wasn't open for discussion.

[donmeaker]

I know editing wikipedia is plowing the sea, but sometimes it has useful information.

Hope someone who knows more than me edits it to put that in.