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The Devil's Own Work
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The Devil's Own Work (2005) (edit title/settings)

The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America

by Barnet Schecter (Author) (edit contributors)

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On July 4, 1863, Robert E. Lee and his Confederate army retreated in tatters from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Union began its march to ultimate victory in the Civil War. Nine days later, the largest riots in American history broke out on the streets of New York City, nearly destroying in... read more

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Far more important than all military events, & more disastrous, & still more ominous of evil for the North than would be a signal defeat on a battlefield, is the occurrence of a wide-spread & bloody riot in the city of New York, the Virginia secessionist Edmund Ruffin exulted in his diary on July 18, 1863.

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  1. Barnet Schecter (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0802715087
Page Count: 448

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  2. civil war, 
  3. history, 
  4. non-fiction 

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