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Powerful New York politicians and newspaper editors helped shape public opinion toward the war effort and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln. The port of New York, a major entry point for immigrants, served as recruiting grounds for the Army. [15] In July 1863, Irish Catholic protestors of conscription began five days of rioting.
Throughout the years, the NYPD has been involved with a number of riots in New York City. In July 1863, the New York State Militias were aiding Union Army troops in Pennsylvania, when the 1863 New York Draft Riots broke out. Their absence left it to the police—who were then outnumbered—to quell the riots. [9]
John Alexander Kennedy (August 9, 1803 – June 20, 1873) was the superintendent of police for New York City, from 1860 to 1863. [1] He was in charge of the police response to the New York City draft riots in 1863, until he was badly beaten by the mobs.
Penalties for a speeding ticket in Utah range from fines of $120 to $470 and 35 to 75 driving record points. Drivers face license suspension if they accumulate 200 points.
Ocean Telegraph was built for Reed, Wade & Co. of Boston, who sailed her on their "Shippers Line of San Francisco Packets" between New York and San Francisco via Cape Horn. This remained her route until 1863. Like many clippers at the time, she was sometimes unable to procure a return cargo and had to return to New York in ballast. [2]
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 ...
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.
1863 New York (state) elections (3 P) Pages in category "1863 in New York (state)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.