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Long story short, New York had a draft in 1863, but rich folk could pay 300 dollars to dodge it, which meant the poor would take their place.

That, plus racial tensions (freed blacks taking the low wage jobs of the Irish), caused the Irish immigrants in New York to riot.
Dont forget Northern Democrats being traitors and defeatists also played a role

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It's a good thing they only had to pay $130 for the game.
After all, when so many people start buying it in the days before release that it crashes the online Xbox and Playstation stores the price of physical disks are going to explode... Oh wait

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That, plus racial tensions (freed blacks taking the low wage jobs of the Irish), caused the Irish immigrants in New York to riot.
I have relatives by marriage whose ancestors came to NY from Ireland pre-famine (I'm sure there's a story there but it hasn't come down in the family) who were almost certainly involved in the Draft Riots. For a fact those ancestors were involved in the kerfuffle about the Quarantine Hospital on Staten Island some years before.

But I've teased them about Great Great Grandpa probably burning down the Negro Orphanage in Manhattan, which happened during the Draft Riots.
 
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