What To Do with Jeff Davis? Thoughts on the fate of the Confederate President
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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The capture of Jefferson Davis in Georgia about five weeks after he fled the Confederate capital was heralded throughout the country. His confinement raised a novel question: Now that the government had taken the ex-President into custody, what exactly were they to do with him?
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