Gettysburg, Vicksburg change course of Civil War while draft leads to riots, ridicule and 54th Mass. fights and dies for glory. Published: ; Jul. 01, 2013, 10:00 a.m.

This week on The Civil War, author Iver Bernstein discussed the causes and consequences of the New York City Draft Riots of mid-July 1863, that resulted from the federal draft for additional ...

July 13, 1863, dawned a miserable hot, muggy morning in New York. Inside a four-story building at 677 Third Ave., military officers were moving ahead with the nation’s first draft, authorized by ...

Illustration is of the draft riot of July 13-16, 1863, in New York City. Published in "Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War," 1866. Illustrates CIVILWAR-DRAFT (category l) by Linda Wheeler ...

NEW YORK — The deadliest riots in U. S. history unfolded on the streets of New York City during the Civil War. During the Draft Riots of 1863 “everything just exploded,” historian Harold ...

"These wide-spread sufferings have led to the plundering of great cities, the entire destruction of New York – and the rich inhabitants, and even poor property holders, now live in continued ...

Civil War Sesquicentennial: August 1863 a time of draft dodgers, high heat and a stalled Army; massacre in Kansas felt in Massachusetts. Published: ; Aug. 04, 2013, 9:00 a.m.

The Civil War Draft Riots have gone from one of the most under-studied events to a potentially over-studied one A new book by Barnet Schecter The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct ...

July 13, 1863, dawned a miserable hot, muggy morning in New York. Inside a four-story building at 677 Third Ave., military officers were moving ahead with the nation’s first draft, authorized by ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The deadliest riots in U. S. history unfolded on the streets of New York City during the Civil War. During the Draft Riots of 1863, “everything just exploded,” historian ...

1863 New York City Draft Riots. 2013-05-27T13:26:04-04:00 https: ... which started in response to new laws drafting men to fight in the Civil War. ...