Remembering the Draft Riots: From Scorsese’s Gangs of New York to the Civil War Sesquicentennial by Andrew Heath on July 15, 2013 share 1 Commemorations of the battles and events of the U.S. Civil War are coming thick and fast during the sesquicentennial. 1 January marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; the start of July saw ten read more