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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 ...
Robert Mulliner (died June 21, 1863) was an African American itinerant laborer in Newburgh, New York. [1] On June 21, 1863, Mulliner was violently dragged out from a courthouse jail and was then beaten by mob of 50 Irishmen who later hanged Mulliner from a tree. [2] Mulliner was jailed after allegedly raping an Irishwoman by the name of Ellen ...
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]
Major General Charles W. Sandford (May 5, 1796 – July 25, 1878) was an American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman. He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863.
The Draft Riots at New York, 1863, from The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War, as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men, 1895, page 177
Pages in category "1863 riots" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... New York City draft riots; O. Oil Springs riot; S. Southern bread riots
English: The Riots at New York, Harper's Weekly, August 1, 1863, page 484. Ill.: Ruins of the Provost-Marshall's office; Fight between rioters and military; Charge of the police on the rioters at the "Tribune" office; Sacking a drug store in Second Avenue; Hanging a Negro in Clarkson Street
Resistance resulted in the New York City Police Riot of 1857. While the police were busy with their feud, the Dead Rabbits Riot between two gangs in Five Points occurred in July, lasting two days, and was stopped only by intervention of the state militia. It was the worst riot in New York City up to that time.