Judah P. Benjamin and Jefferson Davis, in…
June 1865 CE
Judah P. Benjamin and Jefferson Davis, in the immediate aftermath of the end of the Civil War, are rumored to have masterminded the assassination of Abraham Lincoln through the Confederate intelligence apparatus.
Fearing that he will not receive a fair trial, Benjamin had burned his papers and is reported to have stayed in Ocala, Florida, with Solomon Benjamin, a relative, before continuing south to...