Have you?
While you think about that, consider this:
"It was to Lincoln's credit that early in 1862, when General McClellan was about to advance upon Richmond and hopes of an early victory ran high, he ordered that all political prisoners in military custody be released upon parole and granted an amnesty for past offenses. Extraordinary arrests by the military authorities would continue: all spies, secret agents, and conspirators whom the secretary of war regarded as dangerous to the public safety would be taken up and kept in custody. But the old slate was wiped clean. And it was to Stanton's credit that he adopted a sensible course for sifting the great body of prisoners held on various charges, and releasing most of them. He appointed John A. Dix and Edwards Pierrepont as commissioners to examine those held in the New York area and render a quick verdict. Visiting Fort Lafayette and other prisons, by April 1862 they had practically finished their work. The judge advocate of the army for the Washington area was empowered to dispose of prisoners arrested in the Federal District and adjacent Virginia. Governor David Tod of Ohio was authorized to use a special agent to investigate cases, with a promise that any prisoner would be released on his recommendation."
Forty loyal Texans were hanged simply for being loyal to the old flag. Twentytwo loyal North Carolinians were hanged for the same reason, as were some large number of loyal Tennesseans.
The federal government released EVERY person detained for treasonous activiity, including a number that had been indicted for treason.
Walt
Care to let this degenerate into a skunk p!ssing contest of what atrocities were committed by whom?
That is not the point of this thread, but you wish to make it so. Disparage Southerners who are proud of their heritage, but be advised that the North did not walk away with clean hands in 1865.