Patrolman

Peter McIntyre

Felonious
End of Watch August 9, 1863
Age 43
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Peter McIntyre was violently beaten by a group of men protesting the Civil War Draft while performing riot duty at 3rd Avenue and 46th Street in Manhattan.

Patrolman McIntyre was beaten with an iron pipe. He was removed to Bellevue Hospital where he died almost a month later from his injuries.

A total of four officers were killed in riots against President Abraham Lincoln's Civil War Draft.

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163 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman McIntyre gave the New York Metropolitan Police Force 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nympd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 1863
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Blunt object; Pipe

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Peter is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1863, 10 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 171st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Peter was 43. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Peter had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was blunt object; pipe, in 0.1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York Metropolitan Police Force has 22 officers remembered here, Peter among them.

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Where

Patrolman Peter McIntyre

New York Metropolitan Police Force · End of Watch August 9, 1863

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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