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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis#Final_days_of_the_Confederacy
TIL the leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, served only 2 years in prison and was then pardoned and freed, never having a trial.
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They should have hung him and the rest of the Confederate leadership from every treasonous state.
He was in jail for half as long as the confederacy was around… Yet some ~~people~~ racists today *still* fly the flag… Sigh.
Edit: LOL at the immediate racist downvotes… As if downvoting me somehow makes the confederacy legitimate…
That’s part of why we have such a problem with racists and militias today. I get Lincoln’s desire to rebuild the “house divided,” but the lack of any meaningful consequences for these traitors sent the wrong message.
The lack of punishment was to prevent a pro-longed guerilla style conflict, imo. The error of that approach should guide the future actions of the Federal Gov’t, imo.
My eyes hurt from reading this ignorant comment section…..
Likely result for today’s shit