Lyrics detailing the Dead Rabbits' battle with the Bowery Boys on July 4, 1857, were written by Henry Sherman Backus ("The Saugerties Bard") in Hoboken, NJ.
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The story of the New York Dead Rabbits is told, in highly fictionalized form, in Martin Scorsese's film Gangs of New York.
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The Dead Rabbits, the Five Points, and a large riot are portrayed in the movie "Gangs of New York," though the motivation for the violence was the Civil War draft.