Leonard Pitts Jr.: 'Let 'em up easy'?
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
Jan 13, 2021
2 minutes
On April 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln went to Richmond.
With the Civil War all but won, the president wanted to tour the rebel capital. There, he met a Union general who asked how the conquered city should be treated. “If I were in your place, I’d let ‘em up easy,’” said Lincoln. “Let ‘em up easy.”
This was in concordance with his desire to, as
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