Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was considered the most important in history up until that point. Accordingly, the Confederacy planned arguably the first October ...

On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor ... their tension and anxiety related to the impending Presidential election, state law forbade the sale of alcohol within a quarter mile ...

THE LATE ELECTION.; Speech of Ex-Secretary Chase. ... Nov. 20, 1864 Credit... The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from November 20, 1864, Page 3 Buy Reprints View ...

Here are some highlights from the exhibition "Voting by Mail: Civil War to Covid-19": An envelope used during the 1864 election to mail a sheet tallying the votes of Civil War soldiers from Ohio's ...

For the presidential election of 1864, the Grant Club of San Francisco produced this ballot dramatizing the Battle of Cherbourg, where the Union sank the CSS Alabama. To capture the attention of ...