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    THE TROUBLE WITH TREASON

    Sep 24, 2019 4 minutes
    with Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez

    ROBERT ICENHAUER-RAMIREZ is both a Civil War historian and a trial attorney in Austin, Texas. That background helped him delve into the details of each side of Jefferson Davis’ treason trial. Although the political head of the Confederacy was captured in 1865 and charged with treason in 1866, he spent only two years in captivity, and the charges were ultimately dropped. Icenhauer-Ramirez tracks the case at every turn in his recent book Treason on Trial, discovering shocking irregularities in the prosecution of Davis and the complicity of Chief Justice Salmon Chase in impeding the progress of the case.

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