One of the very first things I ever wrote on these forums was about minuscule conflicts that have been forgotten. Well, it's been over a year I think, so I feel like doing this all over again. What are some forgotten conflicts that you think are either hilarious, depressing, or generally memorable?
My choice to start this off is a war that occurred in America in the second half of the 1800's, a fight on the soil of the United States against an enemy who had come from the very same land.
I am talking, of course, about the Dakota War of 1862, a conflict in southern Minnesota that I only know about due to a history class and have never heard talked about since.
Basically, the traders on native reservations were cheating the tribes, and they decided to rebel against the state of Minnesota. The U.S. army was called in to strike them down, but hundreds of townspeople were killed by swarms of natives, causing people to move from their old homes and the largest hanging in U.S. history, when 38 natives were hanged in Mankato, Minnesota. Originally, 303 natives were to be hanged, but Abraham Lincoln pardoned many of the death sentences.
Now it is your turn, NSG! Somehow turn this in to a debate about Nazis, I dare you!
I live in England, but have German/ southern Irish parents.
