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EPISODE · Oct 22, 2024 · 30 MIN

The 1864 Presidential Election

from The Civil War Monitor · host Terry Johnston, John Heckman, The Civil War Monitor, Harold Holzer

THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONThe 1864 Project is a limited series about the consequential decisions and events that shaped outcomes and affected lives during a pivotal year in the American Civil War. On this episode, we're joined by Harold Holzer, one of the country’s leading voices on Abraham Lincoln and Civil War-era political culture. Holzer is the chairman of the Lincoln Forum, and his latest book is titled Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration. We talked about the 1864 presidential election, and how Union military progress and his administration’s emancipation policy affected Lincoln’s quest for a second term.Welcome to The 1864 Project. We hope you’ll join us. ©2026 by The Civil War Monitor. All rights reserved.

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