Why wasn't Robert E Lee prosecuted and executed? [View all]
Lincoln wanted to unite a very divided country.
Robert E Lee might have been considered the greatest divider of the American people at that time. General Breckenridge was one of his top Generals, who fled to Cuba after the war. Later he moved to England and then to Canada. Jeff Davis was charged with treason but under the presidency of Andrew Johnson, all charges were dropped against him, as they were against Lee and the other confederate leaders.
Jefferson Davis and Donald Trump, in my opinion, were almost mirror images. Davis valued loyalty above competence, as does our present divider. This hurt him in the war effort, as did his over-all inferior assets during the War.
In today's world, Jeff Davis would be the President of the United States and Donald Trump would be the President of the Confederacy.
Does that mean we are in a similar situation as we were during the Great Civil War? In my opinion, yes, it does.
The division in our country is on a similar level. But, unfortunately, it is the Confederates that have the power on their side, and the Union is at a disadvantage.
But, the catalyst for the Civil War was division. The same type of division we are experiencing today.
Does that mean we are on the verge of a civil war? Our country simmered under the divisions before the Union was attacked at Fort Sumter. Are we close to a civil war?
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