[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.

[stand watie]

reading the memoirs of Union soldiers indicates that the VAST majority (but therefore NOT all soldiers) did not have a FREE choice of candidates, nor in MANY cases was the election even "secret ballot".

the election was anything BUT honest.

free dixie,sw