Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is formally re-elected with the Electoral College support of all states except New Jersey and Delaware. Lincoln calls a cabinet meeting, in which he unseals a letter he had written earlier in the year, at which time he was expecting to be defeated by Democratic candidate General George B. McClellan.…
Today is election day in the United States of America. The presidential contest pits Abraham Lincoln, up for re-election for a second term, against Union General George B. McClellan, who today formally resigns his military commission in order to run for the presidency. Lincoln has done all he can to give himself and his anti-slavery,…
The war is approaching a crucial moment: the 1864 United States presidential and congressional elections are only two days hence, and many–North and South–believe that should Abraham Lincoln be defeated in his bid for re-election, or should the Northern anti-peace movement effect significant victories in congressional elections, the will to pursue a military victory over…