The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...
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Opposition to the American Civil War (redirect from Draft riots)
reasons. Irish Catholics after 1862 opposed the war, and rioted in the New York Draft Riots of 1863. The Democratic Party was deeply split. In 1861 most...
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Conscription in the United States (redirect from Revival of the draft)
and the New York City draft riots were in direct response to the draft and were the first large-scale resistance against the draft in the United States...
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Union (American Civil War) (section Draft riots)
cities, especially in parts of New York City, with its massive anti-draft riots of July 1863 and in some remote districts such as the Coal Region of...
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Ohio, Draft Riots Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Draft protests occurred in scores of towns, but few reached the stage of a riot, and none...
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City draft riots. Stores were looted and offices of newspapers which supported the Union were ransacked and burned to the ground. When the riots started...
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Resistance to the draft was sometimes violent. In the North, nearly 100 draft enrollment officers were injured in attacks. Anti-draft riots in New York City...
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institutions, and religious buildings. Riots often occur in reaction to a grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poverty, unemployment...
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realignments." In the film, the Draft Riots of July 1863 are depicted as both destructive and violent. Records indicate the riots resulted in more than one...
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Crime in New York City (section 1863 draft riots)
Barnes, David M. (1863). The Draft Riots in New York, July 1863: The Metropolitan Police, Their Services During Riot. Baker & Godwin. pp. 5–6, 12. Foner...
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