Draft Riots (1863)

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
right
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:New_York_City_Draft_Riots
gptkbp:cause racial tensions
conscription during the American Civil War
opposition to the Enrollment Act
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:depictedIn various historical books
film 'Gangs of New York'
gptkbp:endDate July 16, 1863
gptkbp:estimatedInjuries over 2,000
gptkbp:estimatedPropertyDamage millions of dollars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Draft Riots (1863)
gptkbp:legacy increased racial tensions in New York City
influenced future draft policies
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notableEvent burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum
attack on African American communities
lynching of African Americans
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:General_John_E._Wool
gptkb:Mayor_George_Opdyke
Governor Horatio Seymour
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:New_York_Metropolitan_Police_Department
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:perpetrator Irish immigrants
working-class New Yorkers
gptkbp:precededBy introduction of the draft lottery
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Enrollment_Act_of_1863
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:military
destruction of property
deaths of civilians
widespread violence
gptkbp:startDate July 13, 1863
gptkbp:suppressedBy militant
federal troops
gptkbp:victim gptkb:African-American
wealthy citizens
at least 119
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:City_of_New_York_(pre-1898)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6