18h 58min, jul 11, 1863 y - New York Draft Riots

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The draft in the North (and in the South) allowed rich people to buy other people to replace them as soldiers. Though 90% of the army was volunteers, drafting/conscription became necessary later in the war. The New York Draft Riots were a series of uprising of mostly working class Irish-Americans protesting the draft's unfairness.

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