<P> A final confrontation occurred on Thursday evening near Gramercy Park . According to Adrian Cook, twelve people died on the last day of the riots in skirmishes between rioters, the police, and the Army, including one African American, two soldiers, a bystander, and two women . </P> <P> The New York Times reported on Thursday that Plug Uglies and Blood Tubs gang members from Baltimore, as well as "Scuykill Rangers (sic) and other rowdies of Philadelphia", had come to New York during the unrest to participate in the riots alongside the Dead Rabbits and "Mackerelvillers". The Times editorialized that "the scoundrels cannot afford to miss this golden opportunity of indulging their brutal natures, and at the same time serving their colleagues the Copperhead s and secesh (secessionist) sympathizers ." </P> <P> The exact death toll during the New York Draft Riots is unknown, but according to historian James M. McPherson, 119 or 120 people were killed, most of them were black . In all, eleven black men were hanged over five days . The riots forced hundreds of black people to flee the city . Violence by longshoremen against black men was especially fierce in the docks area . </P> <P> The most reliable estimates indicate at least 2,000 people were injured . Herbert Asbury, the author of the 1928 book Gangs of New York, upon which the 2002 film was based, puts the figure much higher, at 2,000 killed and 8,000 wounded, but it is not widely accepted . Total property damage was about $1--5 million ($19.9 million--$99.4 million, adjusted for inflation). The city treasury later indemnified one - quarter of the amount . </P>

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