The Civil War
Panel Discussion on the Election of 1864
2014-11-28T13:00:07-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvM2MyXC8yMDE0MTEyODEzMDc0NTAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan, Lincoln’s former commander of the Army of the Potomac. President Lincoln, who ran on a platform of emancipation and preservation of the Union, defeated his Democratic opponent, General George McClellan, winning 212 electoral college votes to McClellan’s 21.
The panel took place at symposium on the 1864 presidential election, hosted by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia.
Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and Gener…
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Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan, Lincoln’s former commander of the Army of the Potomac. President Lincoln, who ran on a platform of emancipation and preservation of the Union, defeated his Democratic opponent, General George McClellan, winning 212 electoral college votes to McClellan’s 21.
The panel took place at symposium on the 1864 presidential election, hosted by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia. close
The panel took place at symposium on the 1864 presidential election, hosted by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia.
Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and Gener… read more
Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan, Lincoln’s former commander of the Army of the Potomac. President Lincoln, who ran on a platform of emancipation and preservation of the Union, defeated his Democratic opponent, General George McClellan, winning 212 electoral college votes to McClellan’s 21.
The panel took place at symposium on the 1864 presidential election, hosted by the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia. close
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