Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/14/1863
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Dippel succumbed to a gunshot wound received four days earlier while resisting rioters who were angry over President Abraham Lincoln's Civil War Draft. Officer Dippel was attempting to stop rioters from looting an establishment when he was shot.
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
A total of four officers were killed in riots against President Abraham Lincoln's Civil War Draft.
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