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just “checker playing,”?

A Democratic paper reported lots of evidence that New York soldiers were voting for General McClellan in large majorities. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1864: The Vote in the Army Are the Soldiers for McClellan? A special … Continue reading

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800 Irish Laborers Disappear!

There is an interesting post at Seven Score and Ten about possible fraud in Louisiana during the 1860 presidential election. The fire-eating “Yanceyites” were apparently trying to to fake-out supporters of Bell, the candidate of the Constitutional Union party. Similar … Continue reading

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