Brigham Young,
Governor of Utah, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Utah, and President of the LDS Church
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The Twelve Apostles of the
LDS Church
(including George A. Smith, "the father of southern Utah")

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General Daniel H. Wells,
Commander-in Chief of the territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion
(Wells coordinated the efforts to convict Lee in the second trial)

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Col. William H. Dame,
head of the Iron County Brigade,
the military force in southern Utah

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Lt. Col. Isaac C. Haight,
second in command of the Iron County Brigade and President of the Cedar City Stake of Zion (the senior ecclesiatical authority in southern Utah)

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Major John H. Higbee,
major in the Iron militia and the first counselor to Isaac Haight (and the man who ordered that the massacre begin)

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Adjutant Daniel McFarland

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John D. Lee and others of lesser rank in the Nauvoo Legion, including Philip Klingensmith (the Bishop of Cedar City), Samuel McMurdy, William Bateman, Nelphi Johnson, and Samuel Knight