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  2. New York City draft riots - Wikipedia

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    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, [3] were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American ...

  3. Siege of Vicksburg - Wikipedia

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    The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...

  4. List of American Civil War battles - Wikipedia

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    July 13 –16, 1863: Draft Riots: New York: N/A: The Draft Riots caused a strain on the Union army, and vast amounts of corruption within the draft began to spread from New York to the frontlines. July 18, 1863: Wytheville Raid: Virginia: Union: Action by mounted forces under Union Colonel John Toland August 21, 1863: Skirmish near Brooklyn ...

  5. Dead Rabbits riot - Wikipedia

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    On the evening of July 4, 1857, while the rest of New York was celebrating Independence Day, members of the Dead Rabbits led a coalition of street gangs from the Five Points (with the exception of the Roach Guards with whom they had been fighting) [2] into The Bowery to raid a clubhouse occupied by the Bowery Boys and the Atlantic Guards.

  6. 'Civil War' is one of hardest movies to watch, and the most ...

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    Later that night, at a hotel bar, Lee and Joel chat with Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), an aging reporter for “what’s left of the New York Times.” He’s a mentor of sorts to Lee.

  7. Vicksburg campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Centennial History of the Civil War. Vol. 3, Never Call Retreat. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. ISBN 0-671-46990-8. Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5. Esposito, Vincent J. West Point Atlas of American Wars. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959 ...

  8. Movie Review: In Alex Garland’s potent ‘Civil War ... - AOL

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    “Civil War,” an A24 release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “strong, violent content, bloody/disturbing images and language throughout.” Running time ...

  9. Fight at Monterey Pass - Wikipedia

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    The Fight at Monterey Pass (or Gap) [3] was an American Civil War military engagement beginning the evening of July 4, 1863, during the Retreat from Gettysburg.A Confederate wagon train of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, withdrew after the Battle of Gettysburg, and Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick attacked the retreating Confederate column.