During the course of this event, one party told the story of a farmer who found a new way to feed his hogs by planting potatoes – when the farmer was told that hogs couldn't dig through frozen ground in the winter, he heartlessly replied "let ‘em root!"
During the course of this event, one party told the story of a farmer who found a new way to feed his hogs by planting potatoes – when the farmer was told that hogs couldn't dig through frozen ground in the winter, he heartlessly replied "let ‘em root!" Leading up to this event, Major Thomas Eckert was dispatched as a protective measure, and a report of its progress was demanded by the Salisbury amendment. One of its participants, the former associate justice John A. Campbell, wrote the initial memorandum of this event. It resulted from a few earlier missions by Francis Blair, who produced a report spurring this meeting, whose other attendees included Senator Robert M.T. Hunter. One side expressed informal support for a 400 million dollar indemnity, during the four-hour long talks on ►the River Queen. FTP, name this meeting featuring William Seward, Alexander Stephens, and President Lincoln – an 1865 conference which failed to end the Civil War.
During the course of this event, one party told the story of a farmer who found a new way to feed his hogs by planting potatoes – when the farmer was told that hogs couldn't dig through frozen ground in the winter, he heartlessly replied "let ‘em root!"
{Hampton Roads} Conference