Travel diary by witness of Jefferson Davis bail hearing
Confederate president Jefferson Davis spent two years imprisoned for treason before appearing in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, for a bail hearing on May 13, 1867. Davis was freed on $100,000 bail, and his planned trial never came to pass. President Andrew Johnson pardoned all former Confedera...
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University of Alabama Libraries
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| Online Access: | http://purl.lib.ua.edu/186323 |