Lincoln ordered the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians for rebellion—but never ordered the execution of Confederate officials or generals.
AP'S ASSESSMENT: True. Thirty-eight Native Americans were hanged on Dec. 26, 1862, as ordered by former President Abraham Lincoln, after ...
After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions but also prevented the deaths of 264 other ...
President Abraham Lincoln would later commute the sentence of 264 of them.
President Lincoln and government lawyers then reviewed the trial transcripts of all
“The other condemned prisoners,” Lincoln ordered Sibley, “you will hold ...
The absence of Native perspectives in American history books and
26 in a bizarre mass execution witnessed by a large crowd of Minnesotans.
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In an unprecedented move, Lincoln ordered a complete review of every