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1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though Lincoln thought it would be a disaster for himself and the Republican Party

  • Written by Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University
1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though Lincoln thought it would be a disaster for himself and the Republican PartySoldiers and African American workers standing near caskets and dead bodies covered with cloths during Grant's Overland Campaign. Matthew Brady/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

The outlook was not promising in 1864 for President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans had been killed, wounded or...

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