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The US government did take steps towards indicting Jefferson Davis for
treason following the war (in 1867).  I believe a grand jury was
empanelled in Richmond, but in the end nothing came of it.  Davis was
bailed out, and eventually moved to Canada, (rejecting amnesty and a
restoration of citizenship), but later returned to Mississippi.  Does
anyone know more of the details?

David Kiracofe

David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136
>>> Barrett Decker <[log in to unmask]> 02/15/07 10:29 AM >>>

Have you ever wondered why Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders

were never tried for treason? The easy answer is that plaintiffs would
have 
been laughed out of court because the right of state secession had been 
taken for granted."

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