A concise summary of the practical reasons why Robert E. Lee was, properly, not tried for treason. Unlike Jefferson Davis, who should have been hanged, the peaceful surrender of Lee & his army was a higher good, one Grant & Lincoln understood.https://athenaeumreview.org/essay/did-robert-e-lee-commit-treason/ …
I don't quite get the part about only being able to charge him in Virginia. Couldn't they have charged him specifically for Gettysburg and gotten the trial in PA?