[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

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

Still 20% did not vote for Lincoln but for McClellan. Did those troops disobey a direct order?

And when they raised their right hand, did they do so under duress or threat.

The Union soldiers wanted to see it done. They had fought for 4 years. They wanted victory in the field and voted for the man who believed that they could win.