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Video Talk on Politics and Elections in the Union Army of the Potomac

I recently watched this video from the Winter Lecture Series of 2022 delivered at Gettysburg National Military Park. It looks at political agitation and campaigning…

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Opposing the 15th Amendment: The Conservative and Democratic Argument Against Blacks Voting 1869-1870

The 15th Amendment granted equal voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race. It passed both houses of Congress in Feb. 1869 and went…

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“We Go to the Polls for the First Time in 8 Years…& the White Vote Will Fall Into the Ballot Box”

A Democratic newspaper in Baton Rouge wrote about the importance of voting in the election of 1868. As in many similar articles, this one demands…

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