On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor, Archibald Campbell Powell, issued two connected and rather telling proclamations to his fellow citizens. First, he reminded them that, however much it ...
In U.S. politics, a contrived or spontaneous event influencing a presidential election has been termed an "October Surprise." Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond National Battlefield Park will host an event commemorating the anniversary of the 5th United States Colored Troops voting in the 1864 presidential election at Fort ...
As if it weren%E2%80%99t hard enough to win the Civil War, Generals Grant and Sherman labored under the knowledge that if they failed, Lincoln would lose his bid for ...
Q: I recently came across this commemorative coin for the presidential election of 1864. The image of George McClellan is on one side; his running mate, George Pendleton, is on the other. Value? Is ...
Jonathan W. White - Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House A selection of ballots from the 1860s shows a variety of the persuasive flourishes then in ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents "That the purity and sanctity of the ballot box shall be preserved": Civil War politics and the troops -- "You must have learned ...
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