The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
1862 On Executing 300 Indians.
Abraham Lincoln
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LETTER TO JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
December 1, 1862.
JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL.
SIR:--Three hundred Indians have been sentenced to death in Minnesota by a military commission, and execution only awaits my action. I wish your legal opinion whether if I should conclude to execute only a part of them, I must myself designate which, or could I leave the designation to some officer on the ground?
Yours very truly,
A. LINCOLN.