The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.232) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
On Executing 300 Indians
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.