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Tag Archives: 1864 presidential election
Elections 1864 Style: On Track?
This Currier & Ives political cartoon from 1864 recently caught my attention as I was scrolling through the Library of Congress’s online archives. Charactures of Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan, the presidential candidates in 1864, are depicted in conversation, but … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 1864 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln, cartoons, dogs, George B. McClellan, Political cartoon, Ulysses S. Grant
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“That Had Earned Him the Right to Vote Anywhere:” Black Soldiers Vote in the 1864 Presidential Election
Historically speaking, some elections are more important than others. However, it is difficult to dispute the significance of the presidential election of 1864. Much was on the line. Many Confederate hopes rested on a McClellan victory, while the majority of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, USCT
Tagged 1864 presidential election, 5th USCI, African-American Suffrage, Battle of New Market Heights, Camp Delaware, citizenship, Col. Alonzo Draper, James Bronson, Lt. Joseph Scorggs, Petersburg, Powhatan Beaty, Robert Pinn, Sgt. Milton Holland, Thomas Morris Chester, William Strawder
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