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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08483.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | D.A. Taylor to Butler about the 1864 election and his support for Lincoln |
| Date | ca. 1 November 1864 |
| Author | Taylor, D. A. (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the 1864 Presidential election with Butler (possibly a captain in the Army of the Potomac). States "You ask for whom I am going to vote Lincoln & Governor Fenton in fact the whole Republican Ticket And all your friends as well as myself Hope you will do the same ... I think the Election is going for Lincoln but we want every vote we can get for him so as to make his majority so large that if all the votes from states that send no votes are not represented in the Electoral College were counted against him he still would have a Majority." |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Election Politics Military History Union Forces |
| People | Butler (fl. 1864) Taylor, D. A. (fl. 1864) Fenton, Reuben Eaton (1819-1885) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Reuben Eaton Fenton served as a United States Representative from New York 1853-1854 and 1857-1864, as Governor of New York 1865-1868, and as Senator 1869-1874. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |