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"In Massachusetts, John Andrews took warning from New York [draft riots]. Fearful lest the Negro Fifty-fifth Regiment might excite rather quell a mob, the governor moved three hundred men into Boston. Wearied from his work in preparing against trouble, the governor went to Cambridge for the Harvard commencement. As the salutatorian turned to address him, an aid poked him in the gubernatorial ribs,Andrews jumped – and frighten the Latin out of the speaker. Before orator and audience had regained their composure, whispered word came from of troubles in Boston, and Andrews, now wide awake, dashed off to the city.
In Boston, a mob had gathered before the arsenal in Cooper Street. As the crowd swelled, someone began throwing stones at the troops. It was not unlike the situation ninety-three years before on the nearby Commons, and, as in the Boston Massacre,the soldiers fired into the crowd and several were killed. But the similarity ended there. The 1863 mob dispersed, and there was no Samuel Adams of states' rights to lead the populace to revolution. The danger passed as quickly as it had risen, and John Andrews could sleep again."
William B. Hesseltine, Lincoln, and the War Governors, chapter XIV (The Governors and Conscription), p. 305.
In Boston, a mob had gathered before the arsenal in Cooper Street. As the crowd swelled, someone began throwing stones at the troops. It was not unlike the situation ninety-three years before on the nearby Commons, and, as in the Boston Massacre,the soldiers fired into the crowd and several were killed. But the similarity ended there. The 1863 mob dispersed, and there was no Samuel Adams of states' rights to lead the populace to revolution. The danger passed as quickly as it had risen, and John Andrews could sleep again."
William B. Hesseltine, Lincoln, and the War Governors, chapter XIV (The Governors and Conscription), p. 305.
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