Richmond Bread Riot | American history [1863]
Richmond Bread Riot, also called Richmond Women’s Bread Riot, riot in Richmond, Virginia, on April 2, 1863, that was spawned by food deprivation during the American Civil War. The Richmond Bread Riot was the largest civil disturbance in the Confederacy during the war. During the Civil War, the population of Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, had more than tripled to over 100,000 people as thousands of civilians and Confederate soldiers sought refuge there. The Union blockade of Confederate ports prevented food from being imported from other countries, and much of the food that might ...