And Robert E Lee should have never been charged with treason. You do know that he was never brought to trial on that charge/prosecuted by the government?
I question the court would of convicted him. The South had every right to succeed from the union.
Because the United States government was trying to end everything as peacefully as possible.
Just because someone was never charged doesn't mean the act wasn't committed.
Just because O.J. Simpson wasn't convicted, doesn't mean he did't kill them! What's the old saying? "If the glove don't fit . . . he killed them with f***ing tight gloves on!"