Prominent statesman Francis P. Blair, Sr. visits Confederate President Jefferson Davis at Richmond and proposes a possible peace settlement between North and South that involves joining forces to drive the French out of Mexico.
Tag: Peace Overtures
The Blair Peace Initiative
Influential statesman Francis P. Blair, Sr. receives unofficial permission from President Lincoln to go to Richmond and discuss with Confederate President Jefferson Davis the possibility of ending the war.
Independence or Extermination We Will Have
A secret meeting takes place in Richmond between Federal operatives and Confederate officials in an effort to negotiate a peace.
The Niagara Peace Talks
Influential newspaper editor Horace Greeley begs President Abraham Lincoln to meet with Confederate agents who are supposedly empowered to discuss the possibility of ending the war.
The Request is Inadmissible
Confederate officials arrive off Hampton Roads, Virginia, to negotiate prisoner exchange terms with the Federals. They are also unofficially authorized to negotiate a possible end to the war.
Fret Him and Fret Him
As Robert E. Lee’s Confederates move north, Lee offers President Jefferson Davis political advice. As Joseph Hooker’s Federals try to pursue Lee, President Abraham Lincoln offers Hooker military advice.