In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

Ultimately, as many historians point out, Lincoln’s re-election was most likely ensured when General William T. Sherman and ...

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...

Abraham Lincoln had been president since 1861; his election was a major factor in the war beginning. During his presidency, ...

The Civil War became the first conflict in which arrangements were made for deployed soldiers to vote. Who the Union soldiers would support—President Abraham Lincoln or their former commander, George ...

On Election Night, Lewiston’s telegraph office, located in the Journal building at the time, “was the scene of the most ...

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln was seeking a second term in office. Election Day was Nov. 8. The Civil War was still going on, and the nation was bitterly divided in their beliefs and in their ...