Dolphus Damuth to unknown writes about mock elections held by other regiments in which Lincoln was the winner - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC03523.14.71
From Archive Folder	Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry
Title	Dolphus Damuth to unknown writes about mock elections held by other regiments in which Lincoln was the winner
Date	8 October 1864
Author	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes about an election held by the 21st Iowa Regiment. The votes are overwhelmingly in favor of Lincoln, and they are "for fun, or to show the Peace Sneaks, and Copperheads how men of sense vote." The 47th Indiana Regiment has also held a mock election with Lincoln as the winner. Damuth is convinced that if the war does not end with complete defeat of the South, "no soldier could go north and hold up his head."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Election Government and Civics Politics President Copperheads Peace Democratic Party Confederate States of America
People	Damuth, Dolphus (fl. 1839-1913) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Place written	s.l.
Theme	The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Unit	29th Wisconsin Infantry, D company