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New York Draft Riots
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New York Draft Riots
anticonscription feelings resulted in anarchy and bloodshed (1863). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 429]
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CIVIL WAR DRAFT RIOTS In March 1863, Congress approves a national draft for the Union Army.
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