Thread: 25 Of The Bloodiest And Most Disastrous Massacres In United States History

25 Of The Bloodiest And Most Disastrous Massacres In United States History

Posted by Juan Castillo on April 28, 2014


Whether it involves already surrendered soldiers or unarmed civilians, you are about to experience 25 of the bloodiest and most disastrous Massacres in United States history.




25
Chinese Massacre


Chinese Massacre
This racially motivated riot started on October 4 1871 when a mob began attacking residents of Chinatown in Los Angeles. 18 people died.


24
Lattimer Massacre


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On September 10, 1897 a sheriff shot 19 unarmed miners at the Lattimer Mine in Pennsylvania. It’s known as one of the most significant events in the history of United Mine Workers (UMW).


23
Haun’s Mill Massacre


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The Haun’s Mill Massacre happened on October 30, 1838 after a militia unit attacked a Mormon settlement in Missouri. 19 people died.


22
Herrin Massacre


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On June 21, 1922 union miners in Illinois brutally murdered 23 non-union miners and guards during a protest.


21
Hanapepe Massacre


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Also known as the Battle of Hanapepe, on September 9, 1924 a strike led by Filipino sugar workers in Hawaii resulted in the deaths of 20 people.


20
Bloody Monday


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Bloody Monday took place in Louisville, Kentucky after Protestant mobs attacked Irish Catholic neighborhoods on August 6, 1855. The riots left 22 people dead and hundreds of properties destroyed.


19
Coushatta Massacre


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In 1874 a paramilitary organization of Southern Democrats known as the White League attacked Republican officeholders. The massacre took place in Red River, Louisiana and left 26 people dead.


18
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting


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On December 14, 2012 twenty year old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 elementary school students and seven adults after killing his mother at their home in Newtown, Connecticut. He killed 28 people in total.


17
Rock Springs Massacre


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On September 2, 1885 in Rock Springs, Wyoming immigrant white miners got angry because lower paid Chinese miners were getting more jobs. 28 people were killed in subsequent riots.


16
Virginia Tech Massacre


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On April 16, 2007 Seung Hui Cho killed 32 students and wounded 17 others at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.


15
Snake River Massacre


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On May 1887 along the Snake River in Wallowa County, Oregon a small group of men murdered and mutilated 34 Chinese workers. The perpetrators were never convicted.


14
Nueces Massacre


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On August 10, 1862 a violent confrontation between German Texans and Confederate soldiers left 34 German Texans dead.


13
Thibodaux Massacre


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On November 22, 1887 a violent labor dispute between black and white workers based in Thibodaux, Louisiana left more than 35 casualties.



12
Dawson Massacre


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Also called the Dawson Expedition, this massacre occurred during the Battle of Salado Creek in 1842 and left 36 Texan militia men dead at the hands of Mexican soldiers.


11
Ludlow Massacre


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On April 20, 1914 the Colorado National Guard fought against thousands of coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado. It left 39 people dead and unfortunately most were women and children.


10
Bath School Disaster


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Perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe, the Bath School Disaster refers to a series of violent shootings on May 18, 1927 in Bath Township in Michigan. After killing his wife and fire-bombing his farm Andrew proceeded to murder 45 school children.


9
Waxhaw Massacre


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On May 29, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War in Lancaster, South Carolina 113 continental militia men were killed by Loyalist forces.


8
Bloody Island Massacre


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Also known as the “Clear Lake Massacre” the victims were Pomo Indians who were enslaved and harshly treated by settlers Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone. After the Indians killed Kelsey and Stone the military came in and wiped out several hundred of the Indians.


7
Mountain Meadows Massacre


Mountain Meadows Massacre
On September 11, 1857 several hundred settlers making their way to California were murdered by Mormon militia men combined with Native American Indians in the southern part of Utah.


6
Centralia Massacre of 1864


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On September 27, 1864 during the American Civil War, pro-confederate guerilla leader William T. Anderson and his followers captured and mass murdered 22 unarmed Union Soldiers.


5
Lawrence Massacre


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Also during the American Civil War, armed men led by William Quantrill slaughtered nearly 150 people in a pro-union Kansas town.


4
Colfax Massacre


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The Colfax massacre took place during a confrontation between white Democrats and Republican freedmen on Easter Sunday 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana. Nearly 150 African Americans were killed even though they had surrendered.


3
Fort Pillow Massacre


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Taking place at Fort Pillow in Henning, Tennessee during the American Civil War confederates killed nearly 300 fleeing African American soldiers.


2
Greenwood Massacre


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The Greenwood Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, happened between May 31 and June 1, 1921 in the community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It resulted in the destruction of the wealthiest black community in the United States as well as numerous deaths.


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Goliad Massacre


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Carried out by the Mexican Army upon the orders of Mexican president Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, on March 27, 1836 they executed over 300 prisoners taken during the Goliad Campaign in Texas.


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List of massacres in the United States

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This is a list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.

• For Single perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see Lists of rampage killers.
• For School shootings, see List of school shootings in the United States.
• For Race riots, see Mass racial violence in the United States.
• For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres.
• For Terrorism deaths, see List of terrorist incidents.

Name	Date	Location	State	Deaths	Notes
Guadalupe Canyon massacre	1881 Aug 13	Guadalupe Mountains, Arizona Territory	Arizona	5	1 wounded; cowboys ambushed while sleeping. Perpetrators disputed.[1]
Bisbee massacre	1883 Dec 8	Bisbee, Arizona Territory	Arizona	4	2 wounded by bandits during a general store robbery.[2]
Chinese massacre	1871 Oct 24	Los Angeles, California	California	18+	killed by hanging and unknown injured in mob violence against people and property in Chinatown.[3][4]
Golden Dragon massacre	1977 Sep 4	San Francisco	California	5	11 injured[5]
Bloody Island Massacre	1850 May 15	Clear Lake	California	60-100	Retaliation by a Cavalry Regiment of the US Army for the murder of Frontiersman Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone.
Ludlow Massacre	1914 Apr 20	Ludlow	Colorado	19	killed by Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families.[6]
Columbine Mine massacre	1927 Nov 21	Serene	Colorado	6	miners killed with machine guns during coal mine strike.[7]
Rosewood massacre	1923 Jan	Rosewood	Florida	8	and the entire population of African-Americans in and near Rosewood, about 350, were forced from their homes and never returned.[8]
Hanapepe massacre	1924 Sep 9	Hanapepe	Hawaii	20	101 arrested[9]
Haymarket affair	1886 May 4	Chicago	Illinois	11	more than 130 injured by dynamite bomb and crossfire of bullets[10]
Herrin massacre	1922 Jun 21	Herrin	Illinois	23	strikebreakers and union guards at coal mine.[11]
Saint Valentine's Day massacre	1929 Feb 14	Chicago	Illinois	7	Prohibition gang killing.[12]
Villisca Massacre	1912 Jun 10	Villisca	Iowa	8	unsolved axe murders of members of 2 families.[13][14][15]
Pottawatomie Massacre	1856 May 24–25	Franklin County	Kansas	5	John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery Kansans.[16][17]
Marais des Cygnes massacre	1858 May 19	Linn County	Kansas	5	Last major outbreak of violence in Bleeding Kansas[18]
Lawrence Massacre	1863 Aug 21	Douglas County	Kansas	185-200	Confederates killed civilians and burned a quarter of the town.[19]
Bloody Monday	1855 Aug 6	Louisville	Kentucky	22+	scores injured in religious mob violence and arson.[20]
Colfax massacre	1873 Apr 13	Colfax	Louisiana	83-153	blacks killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards.[21]
Coushatta massacre	1874 Aug	Coushatta	Louisiana	11-26	six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation.[22][23]
Thibodaux massacre	1887 Nov 22	Thibodaux	Louisiana	35+	perhaps as many as 300 killed, 5+ injuries to striking black sugar-cane workers.[24][25]
Boston Massacre	1770 Mar 5	Boston	Massachusetts	5	11 civilians injured by British Army soldiers.[26]
Blackfriars Massacre	1978 Jun 28	Boston	Massachusetts	4	four criminals known to the police and a Boston television investigative news anchorman and reporter, allegedly over the sale of cocaine. Perpetrators never determined.[27]
Haun's Mill massacre	1838 Oct 30	Fairview Township	Missouri	19	mob/militia attacked Mormons[28]
Kansas City massacre	1933 Jun 17	Kansas City	Missouri	5	the dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang[29]
Sacking of Osceola	1861 Sep 23	Osceola	Missouri	9-12	and town of 3,000 sacked and burned to ground in unauthorized raid by Union Jayhawkers.[30]
Centralia Massacre	1864 Sep 27	Centralia	Missouri	24	unarmed U.S. soldiers murdered by their Confederate captors including Jesse James. 123 killed in ensuing Battle of Centralia.[31]
Baylor Massacre	1778 Sep 27	River Vale	New Jersey	15	54 captured or wounded by British[32]
Shelton Laurel Massacre	1863 Jan 18	Madison County	North Carolina	13	unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture.[33]
Kent State shootings	1970 May 4	Kent State University	Ohio	4	unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard[34]
Greenwood Massacre	1921 May 31 and Jun 1	City of Tulsa,	Oklahoma	39-300	≥800 wounded. One of the nation's worst incidents of racial violence.
Cherokee Courthouse Shootout	1872 Apr 15	Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)	Oklahoma	11	died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens. Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge.[35]
Chinese Massacre Cove	1887 May	Wallowa County	Oregon	10-34	Chinese gold miners ambushed and murdered by a gang of horse thieves.
Lattimer massacre	1897 Sep 10	near Hazleton	Pennsylvania	19	coal miners killed by sheriff's posse
Ponce massacre	1937 Mar 21	Ponce	Puerto Rico	19	protestors killed by police
Río Piedras massacre	1935 Oct 24	Río Piedras	Puerto Rico	5	protestors killed by police
Orangeburg Massacre	1968 Feb 8	Orangeburg	South Carolina	3	28 injured by 9 Highway Patrol officers firing into a crowd of protestors against segregation.
Hamburg Massacre	1876 Jul 4	Hamburg	South Carolina	7	town looted in a racially motivated incident during Reconstruction.
Waxhaw Massacre	1780 May 29	Lancaster	South Carolina	118	150 wounded, 53 captured by British against American Revolutionary soldiers
Fort Pillow massacre	1864 Apr 12	Henning	Tennessee	297	277 Federal black troops by Confederate soldiers (the Union survivors maintain they had never surrendered)
Dawson Massacre	1842 Sep 17	near San Antonio de Bexar	Texas	36	15 injured Americans killed by Mexican artillery fire after raising white flag.
Goliad massacre	1836 Mar 27	Goliad	Texas	300+	28 escaped, 100 spared as prisoners in mass killing ordered by Antonio López de Santa Anna
Nueces massacre	1862 Aug 10	Kinney County	Texas	34	German Texans killed by Confederate soldiers
Mountain Meadows massacre	1857 Sep 7–11	Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory	Utah	100-140	Emigrant wagon train annihilated by Utah Territorial Militia and somePaiute Native Americans
Midnight Massacre	1945 Jul 7–8	Salina, Utah	Utah	9	German POWs killed by an American guard
Westminster massacre	1775 Mar 13	Westminster (then part of the New Hampshire Grants)	Vermont	2	killed by officers of the British crown in endeavoring to subdue a mob.
Everett massacre	1916 Nov 5	Everett	Washington	5	27 injured and scores of labor unionists arrested by police and vigilantes.
Centralia Massacre	1919 Nov 11	Centralia	Washington	6	many injured in street conflict between American Legion and Industrial Workers of the World members
Wah Mee massacre	1983 Feb 18	Seattle	Washington	13	1 injured by 3 perpetrators during an armed robbery
Bay View Massacre	1886 May 5	Bay View	Wisconsin	7	Labor protesters killed by National Guardsmen
Rock Springs massacre	1885 Sep 2	Rock Springs	Wyoming	28	15 injured in a racial dispute between white and Chinese miners.

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