Investigations And Prosecutions Relating To The Mountain Meadows Massacre
The pursuit of the perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows massacre, which atrocity occurred September 11, 1857, had to await the conclusion of the American Civil War to begin in earnest.
Read more about Investigations And Prosecutions Relating To The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Brigham Young's Involvement, Young's Belated Message To Isaac C. Haight, Acting Commander of The Iron Brigade, Part Played By Paiutes, Orchestration By Militia, Federal Investigations in 1859, 1870s Prosecutions of John D. Lee
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