Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (May 22, 1865 at 28:07)

(Monday, May 22, 1865) — Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, captured by union forces on May 10, 1865, was incarcerated for two years beginning today at Fort Monroe, Virginia, made to wear chains in a cell kept perpetually lit.