If Lincoln had not died

[Laurie Verge]

Thanks, Roger. Lincoln's words make sense to me and I also understand that the different schedule of Congress created a problem in the immediate moment of the emergency. However, I would think that the President would call Congress back in session given the emergency and that the railroads could have brought a significant amount of them back within a week or so. Why wait two years to get the nod from Congress. As a friend of my father used to say, "It just don't make sense, Sarge."

I knew I should have stayed awake in those poli sci courses!