Throughout the year of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln believed that he would lose the election in November. He admitted in August, “I am going to be beaten, and unless some great change takes ...

We're also being told that this election year is the most important in living memory. But a look back at the year 1864 reveals a nation more divided than it ever was before—or afterward.

Idaho partisan politics in October 1864, in the midst of the long and bloody Civil War, were as lively as they have been in any election year since, and were certainly different. Idaho City’s ...

In the grim summer of 1864, with the Civil War in its fourth year and seemingly stalemated, the smartest minds in American politics came to the realization that there was no chance that President ...

Civil War 150th anniversary: Fighting in the streets of Springfield breaks out during the Lincoln vs. McClellan election of 1864. Published: ; Nov. 02, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

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The Chagrin Falls Branch Library, 100 E. Orange St., presents "The Election of 1864" from 7-8 p.m. tonight.

In 1864, 160 years ago next week, Syracuse, and the nation, faced another "consequential" Presidential election.

The election of 1864 was probably the most important in our nation’s history, a point David Long makes most impressively in his book The Jewel of Liberty (Stackpole, $24.95, 368 pages).