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Collection Reference Number GLC08593
From Archive Folder Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers 
Title The Presidential Election, Nov. 8 - Scene at the Polls in the Army of the Potomac - Soldiers Voting
Date 3 December 1864
Author Becker, Joseph (1841-1910)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Shows soldiers voting in the presidential election of 1864. A Union poster is hanging on the voting tent. Sketched by the artist Joseph Becker. Extracted from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, of 3 December 1864, page 172. Contains additional unrelated printing on verso.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Government and Civics  President  Election  
People Becker, Joseph (1841-1910)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945