New York Draft Riots Facts
Early targets on the first day of the riot were primarily political - the mayor's residence was burned along with several police stations and draft board offices - but by the afternoon and evening the mob began attacking random black residents.
What happened on the first day of the riot?
Irish and German
What immigrants were also often opposed to the war in the first place?
Newspapers sympathetic, such as the Tribune
What was sympathetic to President Lincoln and the Republican Party,
March 3, 1863
When did Congress passed the Enrollment Act?
The riots began on Monday July 13, two days after the draft began in Manhattan.
When did the riots begin?
July 1863
When was the act was finally put into practice in
on the Colored Orphan Asylum at the corner of 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue late in the afternoon on July 13.
Where and when did several thousand rioters descended?
Army
What did all male citizens and immigrants who had applied for citizenship between the ages of twenty and forty-five to enroll in
Copperhead propaganda.
What did some media outlets blamed the violence on?
the rioters looted the building and burned it to the ground.
What did the rioters do at the Colored Orphan Asylum?
About 120 people were killed in the violence
About how many people were killed in the violence?
Rioting lasted until July 16
How long did rioting last?
President Lincoln
Manhattan was primarily affiliated with the Democrat Party, which for the most part opposed the war and what president?
Democrat Party
Manhattan was primarily affiliated with what party?
Many of Manhattan's working class men
Who rejected the idea of the draft?
A volunteer fire company
Who started the violence by attacking a draft board office with bricks and cutting telegraph lines.
Several units from the New York state militia and the Union Army
Who took took control of the streets?
Irish, German, and native American street gangs
Who were also blamed for fomenting much of the violence.
because wealthier citizens were allowed to pay a $300 fee for a replacement, while the poor were forced to fight.
Why did many of Manhattan's working class men rejected the idea of the draft?
Due to heavy rains.
Why was the rioting was subdued on the second day?
