Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.232) lyrics

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 d**h 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.