They couldn't even Hang Jeff Davis for Treason. I think that if they had attempted hanging Confederate soldiers for Treason, it would have backfired very badly in their own states.
The Soldiers which you clearly did not mention were traitors, were in fact as demonstrably traitorous as it is possible to be. They first fought for their own homeland, and then they joined the enemy forces to fight against their homeland.
They couldn't convict OJ of murder either. I suppose you think he's innocent as well.
I think that if they had attempted hanging Confederate soldiers for Treason, it would have backfired very badly in their own states.
I'm not asking why they didn't hang Confederate POWs. I'm asking it, given Southern standards, if the Union would have been justified in hanging them? Especially those who had been members of the U.S. Army before the rebellion began?
The Soldiers which you clearly did not mention were traitors, were in fact as demonstrably traitorous as it is possible to be.
As traitorous as the rebel soldiers were.