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What did George S. Boutwell do in the early civil war years?
Boutwell attended the Peace Conference of 1861 in Washington, D.C. which attempted to prevent the impending Civil War
What was George S. Boutwell's role in preventing the impending Civil War?
In the peace conference, he angrily rejected Southern proposals favoring the extension of slavery and its enforcement in northern states
what was George S. Boutwell reason for rejection of Southern proposals?
arguing that the Union is not worth preserving if such measures are needed to do so
Was there anything else that George S. Boutwell did in the early years besides attempting to prevent the impending Civil War?
In June and July 1862, Boutwell served on a military commission in the Department of War
what was George S. Boutwell job at the Department of war?
investigating irregularities in the quartermaster's department of General John C. Frémont
what were some of the irregularities in the quartermaster's department of General John C. Fremont that George S. Boutwell was investigating?
Assistant Quartermaster Reuben Hatch had been defrauding the department, and the commission was established on Lincoln's order to forestall a court martial.
did the allegations that Assistant Quartermaster Reuben Hatch had been defrauding the department come out to be true as a result of the commission with George S. Boutwell's investigation?
Boutwell spent two months in the army camp at Cairo, Illinois, under conditions he described as disagreeable because of flooding and unsanitary conditions. The commission cleared Hatch.

Question: Is there anything else interesting about Boutwell and the early civil years?
Self-contained rewrite: Is there anything else interesting about George S. Boutwell and the early civil years after the Cairo, Illinois army camp?