> The US government did take steps towards indicting Jefferson
> Davis for treason following the war (in 1867) . . .  Does
> anyone know more of the details?

      One of the essays in J. G. Randall's CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS UNDER LINCOLN addresses this very topic. My book on REPUBLICANS AND RECONSTRUCTION IN VIRGINIA deals with the story some, although in less detail than Randall's essay.


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Richard Lowe
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