Timeline: December 16th, Dakota Conflict, Sioux Uprising

                                                                                 
                                                                             EXECUTIVE MANSION
                                                                          Washington, Dec. 16, 1862
Brig. Gen. H.H. SIBLEY
St. Paul, Minn.:

    As you suggest, let the execution fixed for Friday, the 19th instant, be postponed to and be done on, Friday, the 26th instant.
                                                                                                            A. LINCOLN

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