The Atlantic Guards were a 19th-century American street gang active in New York City from the 1840s to the 1860s. Based in the Bowery, they were a nativist vigilante group focused on protecting Bowery neighborhoods and often warred with Irish American gangs of the Five Points, especially the Dead Rabbits. They were allies of the Bowery Boys and participated in the Dead Rabbits Riot of 1857.
CRIMENET has extracted 9 linkages for this organization, including 5 cooperative ties across 4 organizations and 4 conflicts across 3 organizations.