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  1. Jefferson Davis Finds a Friend in Prison
    date May, 1865 to December, 1866map MONROE, Virginiatags Civil War, prison, Reconstruction

    Around May 10 1865, federal troops captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis fleeing in Georgia and sent him to be confined in Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Davis was held prisoner for two years from May 1865 to May 1867, six months of the time confined in a casemate under heavy guard. According to a war memo excerpted in a New York Times article, he was not arraigned upon any indictment or formal...

  2. William Newell Defends Congressional Reconstruction
    date February 15, 1866map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Politics, Reconstruction

    When the Honorable William A. Newell of New Jersey spoke in February 1866, the slaves were freed thanks to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the great sacrifice the Union forces gave. It was time to decide the fate of the South and William Newell was less than hospitable towards the South, saying in his speech that, "[T]he enemies of this Union and this liberty are still insidiously...