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Breckinridge feared that he would be put on trial for treason by the United States government.
He fled to Florida, May 15, 1865, and resolved to flee the country.
He and a small band sailed from Florida in a tiny boat to reach safety in Cuba, June 11, 1865.
On June 17, 1865, he continued to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United Kingdom again on August 21, 1865.
He returned to Lexington, Kentucky, on March 9, 1869 after being granted amnesty, and resumed the practice of law.
While turning down suggestions that he become active in politics again, he spoke out strongly against the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1869, Breckinridge became vice president of the Elizabethtown, Lexington, and Big Sandy Railroad Company.
He died in Lexington of complications from cirrhosis, according to Woodworth, or the results of a serious operation, according to Warner, on May 17, 1875 and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
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