Republican (nationalist) President Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, hosts Hampton Roads Peace Conference, aboard the River Queen.  Non-partisan (constitutionalist) Vice President Alexander H. Stephens; John A. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of War; and non-partisan Senator Robert M.T. Hunter, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, present to Lincoln a three-point peace proposal:

• Union recognition of the Confederacy,
• A joint Union-Confederate invasion of Mexico to depose the French-installed puppet Emperor Maximilian I,
• And a hybrid emancipated/servile status for slaves in the Confederate States.

All three of which Lincoln rejects, particularly the last one—as the Union is in the midst of passing an amendment banning slavery.

       [added 3/9/2025]