Jeff Davis was arrested but twenty staunch ABOLITIONISTS each paid $5000 ($100,000) in gold coin to obtain his release. The release papers stated...”Treason charges are dismissed.”
In NYC, all the newspapers demanded Davis’ release except for the NY Slimes who wanted their pound of flesh.
There were no treason trials for anyone.
I notice in CANADA, they have torn down a plaque to Davis, as some snowflake there got butt hurt when he saw the plaque. Yet they still continue to honor, with statues and memorials, their own Louis Riel who was hanged for treason and murder.
Actually Davis was released on bail. The treason charges were not dismissed until after the ratification of the 14th Amendment when Chief Justice Chase, one of the two judges who would hear the case, said that he believed a trial and conviction would violate Davis' 5th Amendment protections.
There were no treason trials for anyone.
Mainly because all but a handful of the rebel leaders were covered by one of Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamations.
I notice in CANADA, they have torn down a plaque to Davis, as some snowflake there got butt hurt when he saw the plaque. Yet they still continue to honor, with statues and memorials, their own Louis Riel who was hanged for treason and murder.
One could make the case that Riel was a Canadian traitor. Davis was not.