26 dez 1862 ano - Trials and execution of Dakota at Mankato

Descrição:

Hundreds of Dakota people who surrendered or were captured during the U.S and Dakota War, 303 men are tried in a military court of raping and murdering civilians.Abraham Lincoln reviews the convictions and commuted the sentences of 264 prisoners signs the order condemning 39 men to death hanging.one is reprieved at last minute.the death of 38 man on December 26, 1862 was the largest mass execution in U.S. history.