2h 33min, dec 26, 1862 y - Trials and Execution of Dakota at Mankato
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Hundreds of Dakota people were captured during the U.S. Dakota war. Over 300 people tried in military court and convicted of murdering civilians. Abraham Lincoln reviews the convictions and commutes the sentences of 264 prisoners. He also sighs a order condemning 39 people to be hang, but 1 escaped. 38 men are hanged at Mankato on December 26, 1862—the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
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