OK, is there any way, around the ime of Appomattox, that Jeff Davis & his cabinet could've fled to somewhere in Mexico or Canada as a govt-in-exile ? With what effects ?
OK, is there any way, around the ime of Appomattox, that Jeff Davis & his cabinet could've fled to somewhere in Mexico or Canada as a govt-in-exile ? With what effects ?
well, there were CONFEDERADOS were went to Brazil after the CW, but they pretty much ended up assimilating into the local population...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederados
Without getting caught? I assume the Union could probably get rights to come and get them no matter where they went...
Which is patently wrong and didn't happen historically to those members of the Confederate Government that did escape into exile. Look at Judah P. Benjamin.
well, there were CONFEDERADOS were went to Brazil after the CW, but they pretty much ended up assimilating into the local population...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederados
A few men are one thing. The Union wants to move on and not punish old Confederates. But a group of people who are saying they are a 'goverment-in-exile"? A whole different kettle of fish..