the officially neutral Canada could not extradite them to America. They were freed, but the $88,000 ($ in current dollar terms) the raiders had on them was returned to Vermont. Later career After the end of the Civil War, Young was excluded from President Andrew Johnson's amnesty proclamation. He could not return home until 1868. Thus, he spent time studying law and literature in Ireland at the Queen's University of Ireland and at the University of Edinburgh. After being permitted to return to the United States, he became a prominent attorney in Louisville, Kentucky. His philanthropic works were legion. Young founded the first orphanage for blacks in Louisville, a school for the blind, and did much pro bono work for the poor. He also worked as a railroad officer as President of the Louisville Southern Railroad, author. Young also served on the board of trustees of the Confederate Veteran. In 1876 Young was selected by Governor McCreary to represent Kentucky at the Paris Exposition. In 1878, Young joined the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky, as a financier to the institution. Young became president of the society after the death of Dr. Stewart Robinson. In 1899, Young represented former slave George Dinning in a case against the Ku Klux Klan. Between 1890 to 1908, Young helped create the Louisville Free Public Library. In 1913, Young was elected as Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, which he held until his retirement in 1916 where he was made "honorary commander-in-chief for life." Family life In 1866, Young married Mattie R. Robinson and they had a son named Lawrence, who became an attorney in Chicago. He remarried in 1895 to Eliza S. Sharp and they had a daughter, Eliza Bennett Young, by this union. List of works The Prehistoric Men of Kentucky The History of the Kentucky Constitution Evangelistic Work in Kentucky Battle of Blue Licks The History of Jessamine County The History of the Division of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky The Battle of the Thames Dr. Gander of Youngland Kentucky Eloquence Death and legacy By 1908, Young was known as "the father of the Louisville Free Public Library." Young died on February 23, 1919, at his home at 429 West Ormsby Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. He was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. The railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at Tyrone, Kentucky was named Young's High Bridge for him and Youngstown,