I was going through a book about Midwest (USA) settlement once and in a chapter on an Indian rebellion that had been put down, almost as a side note it mentioned that after it was put down, most of the captured men were sentenced to death. Since the lands involved were not yet states but US territory, all those sentenced were reviewed by the chief of state, i.e. the President. Lincoln went over them one by one and commuted all but those few where hard evidence indicated they had personally led and killed.

This was in an era and in a place where the life of an Indian caught fighting Americans would not be worth very much.

What impressed me was that here he is, leading the North in the Civil War, an Indian rising had to have been a sideshow to the main event, but his regard for human life was such that he personally reviewed each case and showed mercy where it was at all possible.

I leave it to you to figure if Hank Williams chose a suitable target.