Following this man?s attempt to broker an end to the Civil War, Lincoln?s Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles, said he had "found himself involved in the meshes of his own frail net."
Following newspaper editor Horace Greeley?s attempt to broker an end to the Civil War, President Lincoln?s Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles, said he had "found himself involved in the meshes of his own frail net.? Greeley attempted to act as a go-between between the Lincoln administration and some Confederate representatives waiting at Niagara Falls just over the Canadian border. ?I just thought I would let him go up and crack that nut for himself,? Lincoln later reportedly said of the meddlesome editor.
