Atlantic Guards

The Atlantic Guards were an American nativist street gang who were active in The Bowery section of Manhattan, New York City from the 1840s to the 1860s. They were formed as nativist vigilante groups focused on protect Bowery neighbourhood, and they wear red-striped trousers as their uniforms. Založení na Christopher Street, spojili se s William Cutting's Natives gang, a byli zarytými rivaly Irish Catholic Dead Rabbits gang. 4. července 1857, útok Dead Rabbits na pevnost Atlantic Guards vedl ke dvěma po sobě jdoucím dnům války gangů, než státní milice potlačila nepokoje. V červenci 1863, Atlantic Guards bojovali proti Dead Rabbits během New York draft riots.

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