Secondary Sources- New York City Draft Riots "Draft Riot of 1863." Creating Digital History.

Wiki Dot, 8 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://creatingdigitalhistory.wikidot.com/1863-draft-riot>. This website gave background information on New York and specific information and accurate details on the riots. Harris, Leslie M. "In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863." The New York City Draft Riots of 1863. U of Chicago P, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html>. This website gave thorough background information on the events that led up to the riots. It also gave information on many important individuals of the event. McGruder, Kevin. "Black New York and the Draft Riots." Opinionator Black New York and the Draft Riots Comments. N.p., July-Aug. 2013. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/black-new-york-and-the-draft-riots/?_r=2>. This article goes in chronological order by how the riots began to become more aggressive, and the events that occurred during that time. Wheeler, Linda. "The New York Draft Riot of 1863." The Washington Post. N.p., 29 Apr. 2013. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-29/lifestyle/38892745_1_draft-issue-draftcontroversy-marshals>. This website was used as a secondary source. it provided information on the government's reasoning for their choice to draft men to war. It also explained the riot step by step in a story-like format. Kennedy, Robert C. "On This Day." New York Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0801.html>. This source had the most fit information for our sub-arguments. It thoroughly explained the events that had taken place for both the government and rioters.

Race and Conscription: The NYC Draft Riots of 1863. Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flYrHx0AnXo>. This video is an overview of the NYC Draft Riots. It gives background information and includes the main idea and important factors of the event. Gangs of New York (11/12) Movie Clip - The Draft Riots (2002) Hd. Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2014. <http://youtu.be/mdwLxOK7xLc>. This video clip shows the violence of the rioters and the government's difficulty controlling the rioters, which supports two of our sub-arguments.

Primary Sources- New York City Draft Riots "The Rioting Mobs Burned the Colored Orphan's Asylum." 19th Century History. About.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://history1800s.about.com/od/civilwar/ig/New-York-City-DraftRiots/Burning-the-Orphan-s-Asylum.htm>. This photo from a newspaper article during the NYC Draft Riots provides us with a primary source to support our argument about the responsibility of white citizens. "New York Draft Riots Map." Mr. Lincoln and New York. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://www.mrlincolnandnewyork.org/photo_credits.asp?photoID=487>. The map on this website was able to show where and when the riots took place, in New York City. It serves as a primary source to our event. "Excerpts from New York Times Coverage of the Draft Riot." Reign of the Rabble. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://vm.uconn.edu/~pbaldwin/rabble.html>. This website gave us very specific dates and times of the riots and where important events that occurred during the riots were located. It also listed people who were affected by these riots. It served as a primary source because of its newspaper excerpts from the time of the riots. Civil War Home. N.p., 3 Mar. 2003. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://www.civilwarhome.com/draftriots.htm>. We gained information on multiple key

individuals that were associated with the riots. We also learned more about the President Abraham Lincoln's effects on these riots and were given primary source records of individuals involved in the military operations during the rioting. 19th Century History. About.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://history1800s.about.com/od/civilwar/ig/New-York-City-Draft-Riots/Burning-the-Orphans-Asylum.htm>. This website supplied us with information regarding the burning down of the Colored Orphan's Asylum during the NYC Draft Riots. It gave us a primary source image from a newspaper in the era of the event.