re: #329 wozzablog

I was tossing up between John Brown and the mormon tabernacle choir doing battle hymn.

(which i’ll do anyway)

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I must confess a softspot for the original though - hanging Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree and all that.

The Union was better for not hanging him. By showing mercy, they showed that the Union sought peace and reconciliation, not rage and revenge.