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 ...

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

When President Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election in 1864, Republicans throughout the nation printed ballots with pro-war and pro-Union symbols, slogans and song lyrics. In one of the most ...

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

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864. With Lincoln's support, Grant pursued a policy of total war ...

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 ...

During the 1862 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln signed a bill imposing 3% income taxes on those earning between $600 and $10,000 and 5% on those making above $10,000. As of 1864, a 7.5% tax is ...

Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County ... In 1860, Lincoln was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% of the vote. In the election of 1864, he ran ...

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 ...