I have just seen this movie for the first time. The climax of the movie is the 1863 draught riot in New York. The movie strikes me as being unrealistic, but I would be interested to hear the opinions of anyone who has studied the event in depth.
THe movie is horribly innacurate from pretty much any standpoint I can think of; from the Chinese prostitutes (nonexistant in NY at the time) to the terrible depiction of US troops. All in all I thought the movie was a waste of $.
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Don't know about the erroneous details, but I got the impression that the conditions near the Five Corners were fairly depicted.
Ole
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Horrible. About the only part that was remotely interesting is when the Army of the Potomac fired upon the mob. BTW, Senator Davy Crockett visited the Five Corners and said that he'd rather fight wild indians than be there at night.
Congressman Crockett. He also visited the then new Lowell mills and their famous "millgirls." He mocked Andrew Jackson(a political opponent) for referring to them as "a mile of gals."
I had the idea it was still there, but I have no idea where it was and is -- if it is.
Ole
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