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Lincoln Pumps Fists in Victory? No

Lincoln’s Reaction to His Election As other Civil War sites have noted, there was the expected strong and negative reaction to Lincoln’s victory throughout the South. On November 8, 1860, The New-York Times. published a report from the President-elect’s home … Continue reading

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