On September 12, 1865 President Andrew Johnson signed a full pardon of offenses committed under rebellion for Basil Manly, Sr. of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Included in Manly's offenses was the prayer at Jefferson Davis' inauguration to the presidency of the confederacy in February 1861. As part of a special group of ex-confederates who could not sign the typical oath of allegiance, Manly needed...