Discombobulated
Gold Member
The country literally fell apart under Lincoln's watch. He should have lied, made promises, offered compromises he knew he couldn't keep and even offered to kiss the ass of every southern governor if it would have kept the Union together for another month or year or two until people cooled down.. He failed to do so and compounded it by appointing a recovering alcoholic general to make war on American citizens raiding farms, burning barns and killing livestock and sometimes hanging citizens. Another general who may have been certifiably insane and thought he was "God's terrible swift sword" took it upon himself to punish Americans by setting fire to a city.
Sounds like a sure recipe for dismembering the nation. Maybe the President should have responded to treason by simply doing nothing.