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The Charleston riot occurred on March 28, 1864, in Charleston, Illinois, after Union soldiers who were home on leave and local Republicans clashed with local anti war Democrats known as Copperheads. By the time the violent confrontation had ended, six Union soldiers and three civilians were killed and twelve others were wounded in what was one of the deadliest Civil War riots in the North. Besides the New York City draft riots of 1863, the Charleston Riot resulted in the greatest number of casualties of any such event in the North during the American Civil War. Fifty individuals would be initially arrested following the incident.
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