Ebook: The infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862 : revenge, military law and the judgment of history
Author: Haymond John A.
- Tags: Trials (Military offenses) -- Minnesota, Trials (Military offenses) -- United States, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Minnesota, Dakota War Minnesota 1862, Judicial error -- Minnesota, Military law -- United States -- History, Military law -- Minnesota -- History, Indians Treatment of -- United States, Dakota Indians -- History, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Dakota Indians, Indians Treatment of, Judicial error, Military law, Trials (Military offenses), Minnesota, United States
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- City: Minnesota., United States.
- Language: English
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The U.S.-Dakota War, the bloodiest Indian war of the 19th century, erupted in southwestern Minnesota during the summer of 1862. In the war's aftermath, a hastily convened commission of five army officers conducted trials of 391 Indians charged with murder and massacre. In 36 days, 303 Dakota men were sentenced to death. In the largest simultaneous execution in American history, 38 were hanged on a single gallows on Read more...