New York City draft riots

New York Draft Riots
Part of American Civil War

Rioters and Federal troops clash
DateJuly 13–16, 1863
Location
New York City
Result Riot crushed
Casualties and losses
120,[1] although counts vary by sources.

The New York Draft Riots (July 13 – 16, 1863), known at the time as Draft Week,[2] were violent disturbances in New York City during a time that anger with President Abraham Lincoln and his laws was highest. The potests were at first caused by anger at the draft but later became violent, and the historian Eric Foner worte that "a virtual racial pogrom, with uncounted numbers of blacks murdered on the streets."

Major General John E. Wool said on July 16, "Martial law ought (should) to be proclaimed, but I have not a sufficient (enough) force to enforce it."[3] The military stopped the mobs by using weapons. However, they had already destroyed many buildings, including homes and an orphanage for black children.

References

  1. ↑ McPherson, James M Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction 399
  2. ↑ Barnes, David M. (1863). "The draft riots in New York, July ... - Google 도서". books.google.com. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Maj. Gen. John E. Wool Official Reports (OR) for the New York Draft Riots". Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2006-08-16.


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