On September 4, 1864, bread riots began in Mobile, Alabama. An excerpt from the article:

"The simmering discontent in Mobile boiled over on Friday, September 4, 1863. Dozens of people, most of them women, gathered outside of the city near the present-day community of Spring Hill. The crowd marched into Mobile, their numbers growing along the way. News of the mob spread quickly, and soon Dauphin Street, the center of the city's business district, was filled with rioters armed with axes, brickbats, hammers, and brooms. The women carried signs reading "Bread or Blood" and "Bread and Peace." Spectators watched as the women broke windows and looted stores, taking food, clothing, and other household items. The stores of Jewish merchants fared the worst in the day's events, perhaps because the rioters believed these merchants to be somehow more responsible than others for the high inflation in the city.
Gen. Dabney H. Maury dispatched the Seventeenth Alabama Regiment to quell the riot, but the soldiers refused to intervene. The Mobile Cadets, a local military company, also were unsuccessful in stopping the looting. The task of ending the riot fell to Slough, who effectively pleaded with the rioters to disperse, promising to meet with representatives to hear their complaints. The mayor also addressed the citizens of Mobile through a letter in the evening paper, asking wealthier Mobilians to contribute money for the purchase of food and clothing. From this plea, the Special Relief Committee was created to distribute the supplies to the neediest citizens.
News of the incident, which occurred just six months after the infamous bread riots in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, spread throughout the country. An eyewitness account of the riot was published in several newspapers, including the New York Times and Harper's Weekly. Although food shortages continued to plague Mobile throughout the war, no more riots occurred. The end of the war brought small relief to the citizens of Mobile; more than a generation would pass before the economy of Alabama's port city stabilized."