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==Civil War== There is some dispute as to Yulee's wartime legislative service. Some sources state that he served in the Confederate Congress and others do not.<ref name="jmof.fiu.edu"/><ref>{{cite journal |last=Davis |first=Robt. W. |date=June 1, 1902 |title=Florida in Congress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5BEAQAAMAAJ&q=%22confederate+congress%22+florida+baker+maxwell+rogers+hilton&pg=PA362 |journal=Florida Magazine |location=Jacksonville, FL |publisher=G. D. Ackerly |page=362}} Note: All of Florida's Confederate senators and representatives are listed here, and Yulee's name is not among them.</ref> A [[United States Senate]] document states that Yulee did serve in the Confederate Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/electing-appointing-senators/contested-senate-elections/024Yulee_Mallory.htm | title=U.S. Senate: The Election Case of David L. Yulee of Florida v. Stephen R. Mallory of Florida (1852) }}</ref> After the war, Yulee was imprisoned in [[Fort Pulaski National Monument|Fort Pulaski]] for nine months for treason,<ref name=Allman />{{rp|188}} specifically for aiding in the 1865 escape of [[Jefferson Davis]].<ref name="Federal Writers' Project 1939 348"/>
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