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A Rebel Trial and a Jew’s Loyal Paper Turnabout
In a wartime court martial near New Orleans Colonel Buchanan presided over a case against a Jew who allegedly sold Confederate contraband. The accused faced a witness testimony twist when a Rebel captain admitted the prisoner’s signature on a delivery list under duress. The judge admitted bias, adjourned, and later dismissed the case after the rebel confessed to coercion. the Jew, Isaacs, later invited the narrator to a rich dinner and offered partnership if he left the army.
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Ennion
Judes Advocate Gia
New Orleans
Tollan
Buchanan
McClellan
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Iim
Sin
Petter Can
Thatch
Linton Ritany
Cleneral
Etna
Avery
Banks
Department
Appeanas
Colonel Buchanan
Baton Rouge
Alwayes
Old Greeley
Orleans
Yankee Court of Justice
Kingdom Cone
Grenthemien
Ast
Isaacs
Isaaca
Mobile
Mr. Isaacs
Teche