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A recruiting poster in New York City in June 1863 for the Enrollment Act, also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act, which authorized the federal government to conscript troops for the Union Army. The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, [3 ...
Bohemian National Hall (between 1st and 2nd Avenue), 321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021 Interior. The Bohemian National Hall (Czech: Česká národní budova) is a five-story edifice at 321 East 73rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [1] Constructed between 1895 and 1897 in neo-Renaissance style by architect ...
July 13 –16, 1863: Draft Riots: New York: N/A: The Draft Riots caused a strain on the Union army, and vast amounts of corruption within the draft began to spread from New York to the frontlines. July 18, 1863: Wytheville Raid: Virginia: Union: Action by mounted forces under Union Colonel John Toland August 21, 1863: Skirmish near Brooklyn ...
[68] [69] The main inpatient hospital is located at 535 East 70th Street in Manhattan, New York and has 215 beds and 58 operating rooms. [70] The HSS Research Institute is centered at 515 East 71st Street in Manhattan, New York, where it also houses 20 wet labs. HSS orthopedic applied research occurs at the Center for Advanced Movement ...
The Union League Club is a private social club in New York City that was founded in 1863 in affiliation with the Union League. Its fourth and current clubhouse is located at 38 East 37th Street on the corner of Park Avenue , in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan .
Opdyke was born on December 7, 1805, in Kingwood Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. [1] He was the sixth of nine children born to George Opdyke (1773–1851) and Mary E. (née Stout) Opdyke (1773–1834).
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
The East 73rd Street Historic District is a block of that street on the Upper East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, on the south side of the street between Lexington and Third Avenues. It is a neighborhood of small rowhouses built from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries.