Government recruiters began wandering through the streets trying to fill their quotas. "Heres three hundred bucks. sign on the dotted line." was their pitch. Two days later. the poor answered the bounty with blood on the streets of New York. A cry went up. particularly among the immigrant Irish who then formed a quarter of the citys 800.000 population. a cry of: A rich mans war. a poor mans fight. On July 13. an estimated 10.000 persons formed a mob that burned and looted and fought the police. Governor Seymour declared the city to be in a state of insurrection.
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