Houston connection

[Mrchips]

Lincoln also offered Sam Houston a position of general in the war which was not taken up. Maybe Sam Houston's goal was seeking the option.
The Cherokees originally fought with the English. Perhaps he was fighting the cause to mediate everyone with the appreciation that the Confederacy really did not have a future. Pretty much the attitude of Henry Clay too.
Hannibal Hamlin stood down For 6 months too losing the argument of compromise until Lincoln's death; then the less effective Andrew Johnson took over followed by the compromising Ulysses S. Grant.