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Congress Issues the Conscription Act
Between July 13 and 16, 1863, the largest riots the United States had yet seen shook New York City. In the so-called Civil War draft riots, the city's poor white working people, many of them Irish immigrants, bloodily protested the federally-imposed [...]
Item Type: Laws/Court Cases
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Colleagues Testify in Support of Albert Cashier
Albert Cashier, born Jennie Irene Hodgers, enlisted in the Union Army in 1862. Historians have found evidence that hundreds of soldiers, including Cashier, were born female and enlisted as men during the Civil War. Unlike many women who [...]
Item Type: Laws/Court Cases
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)