Roseburgs Champagne Riot was probably not what you think

Published: July 3, 2024, 2 p.m.

The year after the Civil War ended, the partisans of North and South still clung to their resentments in Douglas County. On Christmas Day, those hard feelings broke out in a knock-down-drag-out that left two men dead. (Roseburg, Douglas County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1412d.319.champagne-riot-civil-war-battle.html)