Burning the Provost Marshal's Office, New York City, July 1863, British artist's impression, detail

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Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 7, 2014.

Depicted ContentIn New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Riots in New York: The Mob burning the Provost Marshal's Office

Source citation

Illustrated London News,August 8, 1863, p. 132.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

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