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Hampton Roads Peace Conference

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hampton Roads Peace Conference meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward represented the Union, and A. H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter, and J. A. Campbell, the Confederacy. The meeting was brought about through the efforts of Francis P. Blair (1791-1876). Unofficially, but with Lincoln's knowledge, Blair had discussed the possibility with Jefferson Davis of restoring peace through a united opposition to European intervention in Mexico. Lincoln's... Read more
Hampton Roads Peace Conference
Hampton Roads Peace Conference (February 1865) Abortive peace conference during the American Civil War . Abraham Lincoln and Confederate vice president Alexander H. Stephens met in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The talks failed with the Confederate states declining to rejoin ... Read more
Hampton Roads Conference
...and unsuccessful peace talks at Hampton Roads, Va., during the...Stephens , to reach a peace settlement. Lincoln...settlement was reached. Hampton Roads Conference Hampton Roads Conference Hampton Roads Conference Read more

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