The Plug Uglies were notorious for being instigators of many Nativist riots in Baltimore from 1854–1865.
Founding location
Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland
Years active
1854–1865
Territory
Baltimore, Maryland and Five Points, Manhattan, New York City, New York, present-day Worth Street, Baxter Street, and Columbus Park, in Manhattan, New York City, New York
Ethnicity
Old Stock Americans
Criminal activities
street fighting, knife fighting assault, murder, robbery, arson, rioting
Allies
Bloody Tubs, Rip Raps, Nativists, Dead Rabbits
Rivals
Baltimore Irish American gangs
A plug hat worn by a rowdy Irishman in a 19th-century Thomas Nast stereotyped caricature similar to the ones worn by the Plug Uglies.
The Plug Uglies were an American Nativist criminal street gang, sometimes referred to loosely as a political club, that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865. The term plug ugly was used to identify an extremely tough ferocious fighter who could give a sound beating to an opponent, with the Plug Uglies' name additionally stemming from their practice of stuffing oversized plug hats with wool and leather, pulling them down over their ears for head protection as primitive helmets during the numerous street battles they participated in. The name Plug Uglies was used to refer to a number of criminal gangs in New York City as well as Philadelphia.
The Plug Uglies took part in the 1856 Baltimore Know-Nothing Riot. They allied themselves with the New York City Irish Dead Rabbits gang in looting New York City during the American Civil War in the Draft Riots of 1863.[citation needed] However, this latter alleged association is disputed, as the Plug Uglies, a Nativist gang, were anti-Irish.[citation needed]
The PlugUglies were an American Nativist criminal street gang, sometimes referred to loosely as a political club, that operated in the west side of Baltimore...
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members per gang were the Nativist Bowery Boys, Atlantic Guards, and PlugUglies versus the Irish American gangs of the Dead Rabbits, Roach Guards, and...
Hell-Cat Maggie lurked in the shadows, and infamous gangs including the PlugUglies, Dead Rabbits, and Bowery Boys ruled the streets. It includes a rogues'...
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in the film than in reality. Asbury's book described the Bowery Boys, PlugUglies, True Blue Americans, Shirt Tails, and Dead Rabbits, who were named after...
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denounced the recent violence in Baltimore amidst chants of "Death to the PlugUglies". One company, Company K, was made up almost entirely of German or German-Americans...
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election day; he was associated with the party's street enforcers, the PlugUglies. His political connections helped him secure patronage jobs, including...
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nativist, anti-immigrant views, was associated with gangs such as the PlugUglies which "practiced intimidation, assault, arson, and assassination." Much...
the police, and the Army. The New York Times reported on Thursday that PlugUglies and Blood Tubs gang members from Baltimore, as well as "Scuykill Rangers...
Tracy Matthew. Hanging Henry Gambrill: The Violent Career of Baltimore's PlugUglies, 1854–1860 (2005). Describes how the response to deadly gang violence...
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