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Confinement of Jefferson Davis

CONFINEMENT OF 
JEFFERSON DAVIS 

IN THIS CASEMATE JEFFERSON DAVIS, 
PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 
WAS CONFINED, MAY 22 - OCTOBER 2, 1865. 
AS HIS HEALTH SUFFERED IN THE CASE-
MATE, HE WAS REMOVED TO CARROLL HALL 
IN THE FORTRESS, WHERE HE REMAINED 
FROM OCTOBER, 1865 UNTIL MAY, 1867, 
WHEN HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL. HE 
WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO TRIAL.


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