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FOUGHT THE DRAFT
The SCene IN New York City Dur.
ing the Riots Of 1863.
A BRIEF REIGN OF TERROR.

= OF rive OaJs Ilc NOEs IMPOSED 10
conseription Ragged Through the
Streets, and More Than a Thousand
Persons Were Killed or Wounded
During the draft riots in the war
days of 1868 New York city was in the
grip OF a reign Of terror and blood
shed for nearly week CONSUMPTION
was begun on the morning of Tuesday,
July Il. in four story brick building
at Third avenue and FOrty-sixth street.
under the supervision of Provost Mar
shal Jenkins Assistance and protec-
tion had been promised, but no one
came TO help him and his little force
Drafting commenced at o'clock, and
big crowd stood outside \ stone
was hurled through window at 10 $50
O'Clock. and soon many more were bat
tering against the walls Terrorized
the police and draft officers fled To the
street, where many of them were
roughly handled.
The rioters rushed into the draft
Office and threw the enrolment books
out of the windows TO the crowd
which tore the records 10 shreds The
draft wheel. chairs and tables were
smashed. piled ia the middle of the
room, and IA match was applied. This
building was one of the many burned,
the aggregate loss by incendiary fires
being estimated at 100000
For negroes in the city it was a day
of doom. the mob looking unon them
as one of the chief causes Of the draft,
Many of them were killed and wound
| ed. some being shot. others beaten to
death and still others hanged 10 trees
and lampposts The Colored Orphan
asylum was burned Near Fulton mar
ket boys killed three negroes and left
their bodies on the pier near Fulton
ferry entrance.
So suddenly did the shock come that
the police and limited force Of militia
| in town could not resist it, There was
hurried conference between Major
| General Wool Ex-Governor Morgan.
| General Anthon and Brigadier General
! Harvey Brown but, owing 10 the alb
| sence Of Governor Horatio Seymour,
whose opinion was wanted. martial
law was not declared. Brigadier Gen
| eral Brown, however, took command Of
the troops in the city ana summoned
| al a al
dierS. Mayor George Opdyke issued
IN ant-riot proclamation
! During the afternoon IA mob swept
along Fifth avenue destroying proper.
ty. They We're ready to burn Mayor
Opdyke's home, but Judge Barnard
saved it by telling the crowd the only
way to resist the draft was by bring
| ing it before the court. He promised
he would issue writ Of habeas corpus
for any drafted man for whom appli
cation should be made In all the
mobs were many infuriated women
whose actions were often worse than
those of the men
Horace Greeley, who was particu
lar object of aversion to the rioters
started. as usual, from his home ii
| Nineteenth street to go on a Fourtl
avenue ear to the Tribune office
| Friends told him Of his danger, and ht
| spent the day in WiuduSt's restaurant
ut Park row and Ann street, aud Wen
homo at night in closed calliag,
! while mobS We're demanding his blood
Governor Seymour issued II procla
nation the next day calling on nil citi
zens to stand by the constituted nu
thorities aud assist in maintaining
order Rioting. however continued
throughout the day and night. the po
lice soldiers and mobs having many
fatal encounters
On the third day the rioting contin
ued, and many of the mob and tn,
city's defenders We're killed or wound
pd The federal authorities postpone,
the draft, but trouble did not cease a
once as many of the rioters though
the action was governmental trick t
gain time. The fourth day brougE
further disorders iii New York ant
Brooklyn. Archbishop Hughes ad
dressed a crowd in front of his home
urging them to keep the peace Hi
plea had soothing effect.
On the fifth day fighting ceased an,
order was partly restored \ heaV.
storm also dampened the ardor of tn
tired rioters General James h. Fry
provost marshal general of the Unite,
would be resumed Brigadier Genera
L. X. S Candy assumed command 0
the Federal troops in the city, reliey
ing General Brown \ roundup o
ringleaderS among the rioters followed
and many were arrested BY July 3
order was completely restored
More than 1000 persons were kile
or wounded during the rioting, anon
them Colonel o Bren of the Elevent
New York volunteers, then in the cit
on recruiting duty He yentured on
in uniform after having conspicuousl
opposed the mob He was seizeC
beaten. dragged through the street
and finally flung into his own bac
yard, where he died, New York sun.
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