Jefferson Davis in Podcasts
personJefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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But if the Confederates were traitors, then why was Jefferson Davis never put on trial for treason?
But if the Confederates were traitors, then why was Jefferson Davis never put on trial for treason?
Just days before, Beauregard has sent a message to Richmond that says, if defeated here, we lose the Mississippi Valley and probably our cause. And this days later, he retreats without fighting a battle. So Jefferson Davis is thinking, if Corinth is so important, why don't you fight for it? And so he'll remove him for other reasons as well. But this ends Beauregard's career in a lot of ways.