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Latest war reports... Hanging of 300 Sioux Indians...



Item # 690835

December 08, 1862

NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 8, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Burnside's Army" "Arrival of Jackson to Reinforce Lee" "The Rebel Line Extended Several Miles Down the Rappahannock" "The War in the Southwest" "Another Victory of Gen. Blunt..." "Completion of All the Nine Monitors" and more.
Among the war-related reports inside is: "The Hanging of 300 Indians" in Minnesota, being the Santee Sioux Indians for raping & murdering settlers. This article takes over a full column.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, foxing to the front page, mostly good.

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

Category: Yankee