[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

How was the 1864 election unfair and dishonest?

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

Dixie Bump!

[spacecowboynj]

How was the 1864 election unfair and dishonest?"

I didn't say it was. I just backed up the individual who posted that comment that Lincoln was crooked. The only vague recollection of info I have on the election is that Lincoln won a plurality of the vote (like Clinton in 92) rather than a majority. But that's still a win.

[stand watie]

for starters, the "election" in the union army camps was NOT be secret ballot. ALL the troops were told whom they had to vote for. at some camps, the "ballots had only lincoln's name on them. in other camps the "ballots: were pieces of "coloured paper" (one color for lincoln & another color for McClellan). and finally, at some camps the "vote" was by "raising the right hand".

it was ANYTHING but a FAIR election!

free dixie,sw