http://www.metafilter.com/tags/draftriots Posts tagged with 'draftriots' at MetaFilter. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:13:20 -0800 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:13:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/42571/NYC%2DDraft%2DRiots <a href="http://www.vny.cuny.edu/draftriots/Intro/draft_riot_intro_set.html">The New York City Draft Riots:</a> "As a hot and muggy Monday morning dawned on July 13, 1863, a large crowd of New York working people moved uptown, gathering workers from workshops and factories along the way... They banded together to express their collective outrage at the new draft law. Once they reached the Provost Marshall's office on 46th Street and Third Avenue, the scene of Saturday's first draft lottery, the crowd attacked the building, setting it on fire."<br>Maps, commentary, history. The main site is pretty cool too: <a href="http://www.vny.cuny.edu/index.htm">Virtual New York City.</a> Previously in the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36497">blue</a>: a <a href="http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/scripting/articlewin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Collection&Skin=Be&BaseHref=BEG/1863/07/16&ViewMode=GIF&EntityId=Ar00201">primary account</a> from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42571 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:13:20 -0800 civilwar draftriots newyorkcity nyc OmieWise