[stainlessbanner]

the north was lenient and wanted to reunite the country as quickly as possible

That's why the Yanks let Jeff Davis sit in jail for a couple of years - they wanted a quick trial.

[Morgan's Raider]

That's why the Yanks let Jeff Davis sit in jail for a couple of years - they wanted a quick trial.

And don't forget that ten years or so of pure hell called reconstruction..