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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nueces Massacre
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On August 10, 1862 a violent confrontation between German Texans and Confederate soldiers left 34 German Texans dead.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
References @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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