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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 ...
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 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.
Timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States Year Incident Location Deaths Injuries Ref; 1949 Camden shootings: Camden, New Jersey: 13 3 1966 University of Texas tower shooting† Austin, Texas: 17 31 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre† San Diego, California: 22 19 1991 Luby's shooting† Killeen, Texas: 23 27 2007 Virginia ...
World War II prisoner of war massacres by the United States (7 P) Pages in category "Massacres committed by the United States" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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
When the smoke cleared in June 1921, the toll from the massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was catastrophic — scores of lives lost, homes and businesses burned to the ground, a thriving Black community ...
The pair committed suicide at the end of the massacre. [10] [11] July 26, 1764: Greencastle, Pennsylvania: 11: 1: Enoch Brown school massacre: Perhaps the earliest shooting to happen in school or college property, in what would become the United States, was the notorious Enoch Brown school massacre during the Pontiac's War.