Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the warStephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
About eight o’clock in the evening, the frenzied rioters having reached
Printing House Square, commenced an attack on the Tribune office,
hurling bricks and stones into its windows, and utterly destroying them.
An entrance to the counting-room was next effected, and an attempt made
to set the building on fire. At this instant a strong police force came
upon the full run across the Park, scattering the rioters. A heavy rain
soon set in, and the mob dispersed in every direction; though a great
deal of petty mischief continued to be done during the night by those
who did not seek their homes, or had none to seek. Whole blocks of
buildings were burned during this one day’s riot; and the damage to
government property alone was estimated at two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
THE SECOND DAY.
At an early hour on Tuesday morning, after a night of sleepless anxiety
to the inhabitants of the city, demonstrations of violence began, and
the outrages of the previous day were renewed. At about half-past eight
o’clock, it was reported at the Police Headquarters that a large body of
rioters were gathering along the Second avenue, threatening every house
along the thoroughfare. A police force of three hundred men was
immediately detailed under Inspector Carpenter, for the purpose of
breaking up the crowd; finding the railroad track obstructed, they left
the street cars, and marched in solid column toward Second avenue, where
the mob received them with ominous silence.
When the whole force had reached the block between Thirty-fourth and
Thirty fifth streets, they were closed in upon by the mob, and assailed
by a thick shower of bricks and stones, which rained from the houses and
windows in the neighborhood. For some moments the men wavered, and the
peril was imminent, when the reassuring voices of the officers in
command recalled them, and they returned the shower of stones with a
volley of bullets from their revolvers. The order was then given to
charge, and a most furious onset was made upon the rioters—the police
driving them into the houses, chasing them all over the buildings and
again into the street, where they were scattered by a most vigorous
application of clubs. All the side streets were then cleared, and the
police marched over the battle-ground victorious. The men behaved
bravely, hunting every rioter, and clubbing him if he made any
resistance.
The police then marched through the Avenue, and were met by a detachment
of the Eleventh regiment of the N. Y. S. V., headed by Colonel O’Brien
and a couple of field-pieces, under command of Lieutenant Eagleson. The
forces united, and countermarched down the avenue. The mob had in the
mean time rallied, when the military formed a line of battle, and fired
upon the crowd. Bullets whistled through the air in every direction,
shattering shutters and doors.
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