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Comanche village represented “a victory more decisive and complete than any recorded in the history of our Indian war- fare.” It ...
Armed rioters fire on police and army units in New York City at the height of the July 1863 draft riot. The riot was the worst c ...
F or four breathlessly hot days in mid-July 1863, New York City became the northernmost battleground of the Civil War. Mobs mara ...
The Conscription Act that would trigger the rioting in July 1863 was an act born of necessity. With 130 regiments sched- uled to ...
arms against the Government.” Abraham Lincoln, raged one speaker, had committed “damnable crimes against the liberty of the citi ...
although not before a quick-thinking offi- cial was able to lock the draft records in a safe. The angry firemen then set the bui ...
York where the least is known of what is taking place.” The only federal officer at all eager to engage with the rioters was Bri ...
process. In an attack on the armory at 21st Street and Second Avenue, rioters tem- porarily seized control of the building and b ...
troops to enforce it. Although a Republi- can, Opdyke sided with the Democrats in resisting such an extreme measure. He did prom ...
and property—dwarfed Monday’s depre- dations. One of the fiercest battles of the entire week broke out when a mob, hop- ing to s ...
some of the city’s leading newspapers. On Tuesday morning, Manton Marble of The Worldwarned that “any new attempt [to enforce th ...
the city, and I know you will do it.” After his speech at City Hall, Seymour wrote to Archbishop John Hughes, asking him to exer ...
moving together aggressively, to chase off a far larger mob. Although Tuesday had been a particularly bloody day, those in autho ...
base in Brooklyn, where owners had hired strikebreakers the previous summer. There they set two grain elevators on fire, caus- i ...
and their places. Tuesday saw the Riot of Thieves, not only by native New Yorkers but also troublemakers from Philadelphia, Bost ...
In what is considered an accurate depiction by artist Tom Lovell of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox ...
Tom Lovell/National Geographic Society Horace Porter was born April 15, 1837 in Huntingdon, Pa. He traced his ances- try and fam ...
confidence, teamwork, and leadership, and earned regular citations for quality and good example. In his fifth year, he became ad ...
wood fuse plugs for one battery. Other problems he faced were slaves who flocked to Union lines and the unpredictable qual- ity ...
myopia among Regular Army officers in the field and War Department Joining McClellan’s staff after the Seven Days Battles of Jun ...
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