the new york city draft riots
The draft riot that occurred in New York City in 1863 had several causes such as, the draft itself, President Abraham Lincoln, The Republican Party, the Conscription Act and The Emancipation Proclamation. The draft was an outrageous idea because it was considered tyrannical. "It would have been strange, indeed, if the American people had submitted to a measure which is a distinctive mark of the most despotic governments of the continent." (The New York Times) (1) Abraham Lincoln caused controversy because he was the one that signed the Conscription Act but he did offer a way out. He offered to any man who could put up $300 dollars that he could pay his way out of the war. The Republican Party is who got the whole idea to have a draft got moving in the House. The Conscription Act is The Federal Militia Act of 1862, which gave the president the authority to draft 300,000 able-bodied men. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, during the! American Civil War, declaring all "slaves within any State, or designated part of a State...Then ...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."(www.FunkandWagnalls.com) (2) The Draft Riots lasted four days. On the first day there wa
On the fourth day Mayor Opdyke declared a proclamation with okay from the governor. It stated that because of the Third days rioting that if this were to continue there would be no other choice than to suspend the draft. The City Counsel appropriated $2,500,000 to help out the poor who might be drafted so they could pay their $300 dollars to get out of having to go to war if they did not wish to do so. The police thanked the German population of the city and military because they did not have any sympathy with the rioters so they were reporting to the police regularly on the rioters whereabouts. When the city counsel thought that they had settled everything there were still several groups of rioters on the streets who still had not heard the news about what the city counsel had to offer them. They were still fighting the military and in some cases over powering them."1.54. From Twenty-first. Send military assistance immediately to First Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street. ! ing bricks and cobblestones over the edge onto the police officers. The officers made it to the roofs to stop the rebels up there and they kept pushing the mob back. They looked to the East for a way to escape and then all they could see were soldiers marching down the road towards them. There were 150 militiamen led by Colonel H. J. O'Brien. The mob was dispersed and forced to flee through the streets. (The Second Rebellion Chapter 9) (5) ands. He called together police officers from precincts all over the city. They had realized that the city was still communicating to each other through the use of the telegraph machines so as they walked along they ripped down all the poles and cut the wires to stop communication between all city officials. James Crowley, the superintendent of the police telegraphs bureau witnessed the accounts first hand and managed to escape and make it to a police station. When he got there he wrote, "Laborers have suspended work and are gathering with crowbars and other weapons for grand demonstration at 677 Third Avenue. Trouble brewing. Telegraph lines cut. Rush large force." (The Second Rebellion P. 64) The police force of 60 that was organized did not work. The mob just continued to go right through them and continue the chaos. The mayor's house was attacked but the mob was fought off. (The Second Rebellion Chap
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