[GOPcapitalist]

After the rebels burned down his foundry, wiping him out financially, Thaddesus Stevens received $100,000 in private donations as reimbursement

The destruction of his steel mill didn't wipe him out financially. What ever money he made at it had long since been thrown away in support of his chronic and daily habits at the gaming table.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Again, you are trying to misdirect the debate, away from the evidence about the $100,000 which contradicts your charges agaist Stevens.