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New York City Draft Riots Summary
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The most destructive urban violence in U.S. history occurred in New York City during four days of draft riots, July 13 to July 16, 1863. In the midst of the Civil War, tens of thousands of mainly foreign-born (mostly Irish) workers poured onto the...
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The New York Draft Riots (July 13 to July 16, 1863; known at the time as Draft Week[1]), were a series of violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing...


 

New York Draft Riots

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