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Bread Riot in Richmond, 1863 - EyeWitness to History  Tensions boiled to the surface on April 2, 1863 when a group of hungry and desperate ... It grew and grew until it reached the dignity of a mob - a bread riot. ... The President [Jefferson Davis] then appeared ascended a dray, and addressed them. It is, said he was received at first with hisses from the boys, but after he had...
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Bread Riot, Richmond - Encyclopedia Virginia  The Richmond Bread Riot, which took place in the Confederate capital of ... and the wives of the Tredegar Iron Works laborersmet on April 1, 1863, at the ... for the mayor), where he literally read the Riot Act to the mob; he was ignored.
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The Richmond Bread Riot - The New York Times  Apr 5, 2013 ... In early April 1863, hundreds of women in the Confederate capital went ... a wake-up call for anyone who thought the war was going to end soon. ... the governor came down from his office and addressed the crowd, .... 5; Richmond Bread Riot, Virginia Encyclopedia; John B. Jones, .... Bits  Personal Tech.
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The Richmond Bread Riot of 1863: Class, Race, and Gender ...  Mar 22, 2015 ... Although the Confederates ended 1862 militarily on a high note with the victory at ... KeywordsCivil War, Richmond Bread Riot, urban Confederacy, gender ... About nine A.M. the mob emerged from the western gates of the square ..... He did, however, persuadeCongress to pass a tax law in April of 1863.
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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY The Richmond Bread Riot of ...  About nine A.M. the mob emerged from the western gates of the square ... existed at the end of the previous year. ... the women who participated in the Richmond Bread Riot, a certain ... admiration for the Southern woman when he wrote, ...... On the evening of April 1, 1863, a group of women met at Belvidere Hill Baptist.
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A* Wednesday Evening, April 2G, 1865. LOCAL AND ...  %W Eeception of the Remains of President Lincoln in New York; full details in the ... N. Y. S. N. G. Special Time Table fob the Funeral Train The special time ... but ho refused tho proffered favor in the folio whig spicy terms: Rochester, April 22,1865. .... This road was fully re-opened for business on Friday last, the 21st inst.
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Morris  A Toast to The Philadelphia Society | The Philadelphia ...  That session, of course, followed the celebrated conference held in New York, in the ... They were the heroes of his boyhood, because they spoke of ideas, and he ... of Stephen Decatur, a great figure from the early days of America's naval history. ... it that Decatur's toast consisted of the words, "Our Country: Right or wrong!".
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Virginia Clay-Clopton, 1825-1915. "A Belle of the Fifties; Memoirs of ...  In the unrestful days at the capital which preceded the Civil War her winning .... The Squelching of a Brave Baltimorean - Senator Seward Gives Welcome to the ... Mob the Fire-eater" - We See Our First Federal Soldiers at Cairo - Echoes of ...... A month later, and our marriage was celebrated with all the clat our little city...
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Richmond Hill Historical Society Guestbook  Billy Lumsden, Frankie and Billy Moran, and Steve Santos. ... in Richmond Hill for about 8 years and left when my mother Margie passed away in 1955. .... when Mr. Rosen closed the pharmacy, Kavon's packed to overflowing with mdse. ..... Louis Plachowski ... I miss Richmond Hill but understand it has changed quite a bit.
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HAYMARKET Affairby: on emaze  In June of 1893, Governor John P. Altgeld excused the 3 men still alive and ... the violence; a guilty verdict and death sentence are considered inevitable. Summary. Haymarket Square riot, outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4, 1886. ... threeafter having served in prison for seven yearswere pardoned (1893) by...
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APUSH Ch. 26 Flashcards | Quizlet  frontier villages that the railroad went near to became flourishing cities, while those .... in 1886, this man boasted "I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the ..... enable them to ride out prolonged strikes; attempted to speak for all workers, ... States in the late 19th century; came primarily to get rid of their starvation & to...
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John Pope - Civil War Trust  Pope's orders were to clear the Mississippi River in order for easy Union ... In late August 1862 Pope met with Confederate General Robert E. Lee, General Thomas Stonewall Jackson, and General James Longstreet at the Second Battle of ... Lee and Jackson; however, a final surprise attack by Longstreet proved to be too...
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Aaron Burr News 2010 - The Aaron Burr Association  Dec 6, 2010 ... Burr was then under indictment for murder in New York and New Jersey ... A senator from New York recorded the moment: "When Mr. Burr had ... On this the firmness and resolution of many of the Senators gave ..... Robert C. Byrd loved a certain farewell speech by Aaron Burr, Jefferson's Vice President?
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ENTRY of THE UNITED STATES FORCES into RICHMOND, VA ...  --APRIL 3, 1865 MINUTES OF RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL. RICHMOND ... tragic story of the fall of Richmond and its occupation by Union forces. General Godfrey ... In his narrative, printed herewith, General Godfrey Weitzel refers to this letter by .... Major Stevens accepted the surrender note and informed Mayor Mayo that.
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The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 - University of Chicago Press  In March 1863, fuel was added to the fire in the form of a stricter federal draft law. ... On Saturday, July 11, 1863, the first lottery of the conscription law was held. ... But by afternoon of the first day, some of the rioters had turned to attacks on black ... The riots gave all these workers license to physically remove blacks not only...
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1916 Easter Uprising | Patricia Falvey Books  On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the ... militia group, the Irish Citizen Army), seized the city's general post office and ... Early that afternoon, from the steps of the post office, Patrick Pearse (1879-1916),...
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Memphis riots of 1866 - Wikipedia  The Memphis riots of 1866 were the violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 1866 in Memphis, Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political, social and racial tensions following the American Civil War, in the early stages of Reconstruction. After a shooting altercation between white policemen and black soldiers ... Many blacks fled the city permanently; by 1870, their population had fallen...
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Touro Synagogue  George Washington's Mount Vernon  Jack Boucher, "Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island," 1971. ... Washington's letter of response to the synagogue, delivered on the same day, has become ... Washington promised the synagogue more than mere religious tolerance, ... In May 1790, for example, a Jewish congregation in Savannah, Georgia, wrote to...
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Richmond in the American Civil War - Wikipedia  View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865. Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865). Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the ... The city finally fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865, with large portions of the city...
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Surrender at Appomattox, 1865 - EyeWitness to History  Eyewitness account of the surrender that led to the end of the Civil War. ... Escape from slavery, Death of President Garfield. ... On April 3, Richmond fell to Union troops as Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern ... Grant received Lee's message after midnight and replied early in the morning giving his terms for surrender:...
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St. John's Church Foundation | Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!  Meet. Patrick Henry, whose fiery speech at St. John's ignited the American Revolution. ... No where does Liberty speak so loudly as within the walls of Historic St. John's Church. Each year we welcome ... E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23223...