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Largest massacre to have taken place on what is today United States territory, occurring after the Battle of Refugio and the Battle of Coleto; 425–445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were executed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Mexican Texas, (not the Republic of Texas), which is today in Texas ...
This was the largest murder trial in US history. [3] A total of 110 were convicted, of whom 19 were executed in a mass execution and 63 were sentenced to life imprisonment. [ 4 ] Gregg Andrews, author of Thyra J. Edwards: Black Activist in the Global Freedom Struggle , wrote that the riot "shook race relations in the city and created conditions ...
The war also ended with the largest mass execution in United States history with the hanging of 38 Dakota men. [8] All four bands of eastern Dakota had been pressured into ceding large tracts of land to the United States in a series of treaties and were reluctantly moved to a reservation strip twenty miles wide, centered on Minnesota River.
After being acquitted, another 19 men were returned to court and convicted with no new evidence; they were hanged, all largely because of mob pressure. Most of the victims were Cooke County residents. This is claimed to have been the largest mass hanging in United States history. [1]
The Massacre of Salsipuedes was a genocidal attack carried out on 11 April 1831 by the Uruguayan Army, led by Fructuoso Rivera, as the culmination of the state's efforts to eradicate the Charrúa from Uruguay. [352] [353] Trail of Tears: Southeastern United States: 1830 1850 12,000 [354] 16,000 [354]
Articles on massacres (mass killing of one group by another) in the United States NOTE: Only events meeting the definition of massacre are included in this category. For other similar but distinct events, see: Category:Mass murder in the United States
[2] [3] The incident was the largest massacre of civilians by U.S. forces in the 20th century. [4] On the morning of the massacre, C Company, commanded by Captain Ernest Medina, was sent into one of the village's hamlets (marked on maps as My Lai 4) expecting to engage the Viet Cong's Local Force 48th Battalion, which was not present. The ...
The Memorial Day Massacre and The Movement for Industrial Democracy. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. Quirke, Carol. "Reframing Chicago's Memorial Day Massacre, May 30, 1937." American Quarterly 60.1 (2008): 129-157. online; Sofchalk, Donald G. "The Chicago Memorial Day Massacre: An Episode of Mass Action." Labor History. Winter 1965. Speer ...