The Hampton Roads Conference
Seabrook, Lochlainn The most famous and important meeting of the War for the Constitution (the American "Civil War") took place in Virginia aboard the U.S. steamer River Queen on February 3, 1865. And yet it receives barely a mention in our mainstream history books, except to say that "it was a futile effort that achieved nothing."
Known as the Hampton Roads Conference (named after its location at the famous ship anchorage in southeastern Virginia), in attendan...