was the pettit jury that was ready to hear the trial against jefferson davis. underwood was not only an abolitionist like great champion of african-americans, and he made a great effort to make sure there were african-americans on that jury that would hear the case against jefferson davis, presumably, they had decided to try davis first and presumably lee would have been second. they would have tried him next. one thing i will say about this, too, that i think is sort of interesting is the case against davis, and then, of course, against all of the confederates, broke down because the attorney general, i think, felt he was doing the right thing and believed that treason should be tried by a jury in a traditional court and not only that, but rightn needed to breach in the location where it was committed. in this case, virginia. a we stop and think for second, how easy or difficult to you think it would have been to try jefferson davis and robert e. lee in a richmond courtroom made up of ordinary virginians fter the civil war? i think the union propagators look a