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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| Summary: | 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 Confederates of treason in December 1868. An unidentified English woman attended and described the hearing in this diary. |
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