The Salisbury Bread Riot

The Salisbury Bread Riot

On the 18th of March, 1863, fiftywomen-wives and mothers of Confederate soldiers–raided various merchants in Salisbury, NC demanding they be sold goods at fair prices. In this lesson, students will examine primary source documents from what became known as the “Salisbury Bread Riot,” and explore not only this event, but what it highlights about the difficultiesfaced by those living during the period of America’s Civil War.