President Lincoln and the Sioux Indian uprising in Minnesota in 1862

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(09-24-2014 02:17 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Other than simply pardon all the accused, I'm not sure how else AL could have proceeded.

He could have ordered that all the accused be assigned an attorney. I'm not saying he should have done that, but that is another option besides letting them all go free.

Thank you all for your comments. The link Eva posted about Lincoln and his religion was especially interesting. I had read somewhere that at one time, Lincoln had written an article denouncing the Scriptures, or maybe the Bible in general, so that had me wondering what, if anything, he believed in of a religious nature. I can fully understand that he was actually a "religious" person, though not in the church-going sense.