tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post7627826296553320714..comments2024-02-16T03:35:27.972-05:00Comments on The World According to Quinn: Two More Alternate History Scenarios...Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-68999038737831684972011-07-01T07:17:56.304-04:002011-07-01T07:17:56.304-04:00Got it. Thanks for the comment.Got it. Thanks for the comment.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-40494876395645076372011-06-27T16:43:25.765-04:002011-06-27T16:43:25.765-04:00That was the POD, that Butler accepted the offer. ...That was the POD, that Butler accepted the offer. Lincoln was always his own man, and Ben Butler was not the kind of man to overshadow him as his Veep. This is Snake, via an anonymous comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-73459172625934338512011-05-18T20:17:25.292-04:002011-05-18T20:17:25.292-04:00Maybe that was the POD, that Butler accepted. I r...Maybe that was the POD, that Butler accepted. I read the timeline long before I posted the link and forgot the very beginning.<br /><br />I'll have to check out the link you supplied. I know there's the "state suicide theory" that would, if implemented, have led to the creation of new states, but I didn't know Butler was for that.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-73768890044375775582011-05-18T18:41:09.194-04:002011-05-18T18:41:09.194-04:00Lincoln DID choose Butler to be his Vice President...Lincoln DID choose Butler to be his Vice President (and Butler turned him down). <br /><br />Butler was a fairly awesome human being. His ideas on running the Reconstruction were pretty interesting. Starting with, erase the Confederate state boundaries and start over. Create the Territories (with lines cutting across the old states) of Potomac, Cape Fear, Jackson, Jefferson, Houston and Lincoln.<br />http://books.google.com/books?id=u0spAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA908&dqbeowulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987548132065830204noreply@blogger.com