Charlottesville

[L Verge]

I understand and respect your line of thinking on this, Eva, but I still think that (even among friends and in a supposed relaxed setting) such a comment was hurtful - especially in front of such "staff of lower rank" as Seward and the other Confederate envoys - all skilled politicians.

I'm not a fan always of the NY Times, but here is an article that appeared in a 2015 edition of their Opinionator feature. It was written by James B. Conroy, author of the recent Lincoln's White House book:

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...s/?mcubz=3