I’ve definitely been learning about how many political organizations were extremely active throughout the country during the 1860 election. The Republican- supporting Wide-Awakes seem to have been everywhere in the North with torch-lit processions marching for their man Lincoln.
As the election of Lincoln became almost certain groups of Minute Men formed in South Carolina and throughout the South.
The activity certainly was not letting up at all after Lincoln’s victory. From The New-York Times. November 9, 1860:
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
HARTFORD, Thursday, Nov. 8.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the original Wide-Awakes, held this evening, it was decided to make the State demonstration on Wednesday evening, Nov. 14, to which every Wide-Awake Republican Club of the State is invited. Several companies from other States will also be present. H.
NEW-ORLEANS, Thursday, Nov. 8.
Placards are posted about the city calling a Convention of those favorable to the organization of a corps of “Minute Men.”
