Led Astray: How Command Influence Contributed to the Atrocities of the US-Dakota War of 1862-1865

dc.contributor.authorMorris, Jacob
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-20T19:50:50Z
dc.date.available2023-12-20T19:50:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractDuring the US-Dakota War of 1862-1865, fighting and bloodshed targeted unarmed non-combatants on both sides. American memory has often fixated only on actions committed by Dakota peoples, Oceti Sakowin, that were deemed depraved. However, sane and level-headed US soldiers also killed and mutilated wounded warriors, as well as fired on women and children. The key elements that made disciplined American soldiers in the US-Dakota War commit atrocities against fallen enemies and noncombatants were the illegal and immoral actions passively permitted, acquiesced through slight penalties, and outright ordered by ranking army commanders prior to and during the campaigns. Commanders were able to influence their troops to behave differently than they did on Confederate battlefields, specifically by expanding the list of acceptable targets and actions their morality could and would accept.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/33411
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
dc.titleLed Astray: How Command Influence Contributed to the Atrocities of the US-Dakota War of 1862-1865en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ndsu.advisorMorris, Jacob
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities, and Social Sciencesen_US
ndsu.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ndsu.departmentHistory, Philosophy, and Religious Studiesen_US
ndsu.programHistory, Philosophy, and Religious Studiesen_US

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