November 5, 1862

The military commission headed by Henry H. Sibley completes its trial of Dakota Indians accused of participating in the U.S.–Dakota War earlier that year. Of the 392 prisoners, 307 are sentenced to death and sixteen to prison. President Abraham Lincoln would commute many of these sentences.

Thanks to Carver Scott Educational Cooperative-students in the Stepping Stones and Ascent Programs for the research on November’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

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