General Discussion

probably two or three times, just to make sure!



Yeah, Lincoln pardoned a good number of Union soldiers who were condemned to die---
but mostly guys who fell asleep on guard duty, or ran away from a fight---
those he referred to as 'leg cases'--
"if Almighty God gives a man a cowardly pair of legs how can he help their running away with him?"


War crimes would be another matter entirely.