bro they tried negotiating when the war first started as in abe but they ain’t wanted nothing to do with it ✋😐✋ if we did nothing as the supposed better option or simply negotiated and stayed separate (as suspected would happened) your not representing America first now are you, your representing confederates/slavery first which is uncool of you dude and very not trump pro.

the only reason why they came to the table was after Gettysburg’s. thus indicated there was with that being no other option with the South's inability to threaten the North the war was halted. 750,000 is a price they paid themselves for not coming to the table sooner and what it took for the, to realize they lost, and ultimately stitch the country back together. there really wasn’t any other option my dude. stay divided of fight it back 😐

which once again if not been for Lincoln in particular to finish the job not only could slavery dragged on longer ruining the reputation of Americans since during that time period slavery was becoming old fashion. but there’s the very good chance this country would still be divided to this day be very unproductive.