. Civil War officers. Confederate . d Gen. Early crossthe Potomac, he might be sent to join him etc. i A remarkable letter of extraordinary importance. The letter, too, is in very fine condition. .. $ A historical gem. \^aJU t ^ £ ^ V-H^V-V^.*- % ..■-. ■■(.-., .... ,iiA ■ I:ort Gazette Sigiiifica CONTINUED i ■ mm hi—ibmmi m i —— wir«wi mi^.-nnri-iiin innm«inir»M ql&s*mi Mm Wfift&isi a Country SJ onfederale President Jefferson Davis and1 Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee bothdied us men without a country. The South-ern leaders were denied United Statescitizenship after the end o
. Civil War officers. Confederate . d Gen. Early crossthe Potomac, he might be sent to join him etc. i A remarkable letter of extraordinary importance. The letter, too, is in very fine condition. .. $ A historical gem. \^aJU t ^ £ ^ V-H^V-V^.*- % ..■-. ■■(.-., .... ,iiA ■ I:ort Gazette Sigiiifica CONTINUED i ■ mm hi—ibmmi m i —— wir«wi mi^.-nnri-iiin innm«inir»M ql&s*mi Mm Wfift&isi a Country SJ onfederale President Jefferson Davis and1 Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee bothdied us men without a country. The South-ern leaders were denied United Statescitizenship after the end of die Civil War and didnot regain it uniii more than 1G0 years later. ^ Neither Davis norp Lee was eligible forj* the general amnestyat that was declared byr President AbrahamLincoln in December1863 After the Andre*Johnson made it stilltougher to gain apardon. Davis, how-ever, was no! inter-ested in a pardon,even after complet-ing hi?, prison on the other ,- ?i. f>. JeftenonDavisiobovejand hand, did want toRobert E. Lee, who last the rejoin the Union andwar—and their citizenship work io rebuild the ? defeated South. Hea sent President John-| son the oath of alle-| to the Consti-tution, which was re-quired for a specialpardon, Unfortu-nately, his oath waslost —- or perhapsJohnson simply ig-nored n. Lee died,still a noncitizen, in1870 A century later,researcher ElmerParker discovered ihemisplaced oath in acardboard box at the National Archives Finally, after more than UK) years of neglect,the two Confederate leaders weie given backtheir citizenship through special resolutions ofCongress. Citizenship was granted to Lee on July22, 1975, and to Davis on Oct. 17, 1978.
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