A Brief History On April 2, 1863, Southern women in Richmond, Virginia were at their wits end and had had enough, or more accurately had NOT had enough, because they and their families were starving for lack of food (aka, bread). Rioting in the Confederate capital ensued, with men, women and children destroying property and looting stores. Bread riots had become all too common in the American South during the Civil War (what my Southern friends call “The War of Northern Aggression.”), and the Richmond riots were the worst. (See our article “10 Goofy Named Riots” for more riot history.)…
