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1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America; 1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio
Hopkins, born in 1795, was a Quaker, businessman, and staunch supporter of the Union. His belief in equality and social reform was deeply rooted in his Quaker upbringing and the experiences of the Civil War. During the Civil War, Hopkins was an ardent supporter of the Union by providing financial support to Union soldiers and their families.
New York City draft riots: July 13–16, 1863 Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York: Riots expressing discontent with new draft law; white attack on blacks because of economic competition. [24] Residents of New York City New York Guard and Union Army troops restored order. Largest civil and racially-charged insurrection in American history. [25]
Pages in category "Riots and civil unrest during the American Civil War" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"New York Draft Riots", 2002, source Civil War Society's Civil War Encyclopedia, Civil War Home website "New York Draft Riots", First Edition Harper's News Report, sonofthesouth.net; New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War Online Exhibit, New York Historical Society, (November 17, 2006 – September 3, 2007, physical exhibit)
The following is a list of civil unrest in New York where no deaths occurred listed in ascending order by year, from earliest to latest. The number of injured is listed in cases where the number is known. 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot [33] 1837 – Flour Riots [4] 1844 – Brooklyn riot [5] 1857 – New York City Police Riot, 53 injured [6]
"Terrible Tragedy at St. Louis, Mo.", wood engraving originally published in the New York Illustrated News, 1861. The Camp Jackson affair, also known as the Camp Jackson massacre, occurred during the American Civil War on May 10, 1861, when a volunteer Union Army regiment captured a unit of secessionists at Camp Jackson, outside the city of St. Louis, in the divided slave state of Missouri.
Several small skirmishes and battles as well as bloody riots in St. Louis and Baltimore took place in the early months of the war. The Battle of First Bull Run or Battle of First Manassas, the first major battle of the war, occurred on July 21, 1861.