The last day of this event saw newspaper editor James Brooks publish an article purporting to be a history of this event. One faction active during this event was the Black Joke Engine Company, whose members were led at one point during this event by local politician Peter Masterson. This event effectively ended the re-election chances of Mayor George Opdyke, and included raids on the homes of James and Abby Gibbons, who 
The last day of this event saw newspaper editor James Brooks publish an article purporting to be a history of this event. One faction active during this event was the Black Joke Engine Company, whose members were led at one point during this event by local politician Peter Masterson. This event effectively ended the re-election chances of Mayor George Opdyke, and included raids on the homes of James and Abby Gibbons, who had previously aroused local resentment with their celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. One grievance of those participating in this event was the ability to of some individuals to obtain $300 waiver, and this event took on racial dimensions as white mobs murdered multiple blacks and damaged institutions like the Colored Orphans Asylum. Eventually quelled by the arrival of the 7th Regiment from Gettysburgh, for ten points, identify this July, 1863 outbreak of violence occurring in protest of the Conscription Act in a certain American city.
The last day of this event saw newspaper editor James Brooks publish an article purporting to be a history of this event.
New York draft riot