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Calvin Schermerhorn
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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
Calvin Schermerhorn
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August 6, 2020
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Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University The outlook was not promising in 1864 for President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection. Hundreds of thousands of Americans had been killed, wounded or displaced in a civil war...
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