[Peace-discuss] the stinkin' lincoln legacy

[John W.]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:37 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

Death toll from "Lincoln's War"
>
> "The number that is most often quoted is 620,000.
> At any rate, these casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its other
> wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam."
>
> Adjusted for today's US population, the number would be over 6 million.


I'm curious what you would have done as President in 1861, Wayne.  Simply
let the South secede?
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