The Election of 1864. ... of history's most beloved Presidents, was nearly defeated in his reelection attempt in 1864. Yet by that summer, Lincoln himself feared he would lose. ... Notice that citizens of the Confederacy did not vote in the election.
Lincoln feared he would not be re-elected in 1864. Many Northerners felt the war had gone on too long and had caused too much destruction.
Abraham Lincoln was reelected in 1864.
Illinois
Sherman helped Lincoln get relected in 1864 because he was in love with him
General Sherman Captured Atlanta.
Andrew Johnson.
there was renewed hope that he could end the war
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The North was discouraged by bad war news
Atlanta was captured in the summer 1864.
During the Civil War. It was created to help Lincoln be reelected which is how Lincoln county in Nevada was named.
President Lincoln was first elected president on November 6, 1860 and reelected on November 8, 1864.
Summer of 1864; that time Lincoln got reelected to be president again