Abraham Lincoln #14: Wartime Election (1864-1865); Topics covered include: Ulysses Grant named commanding general of the Union Army, 10% Plan, Election of 1864, forms the National Union Party, Overland Campaign, defense of Washington, DC at Fort Stevens, capture Atlanta, electoral victory for Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and passage of the 13th Amendment
Key people: Ulysses Grant, John Fremont, George McClellan, Andrew Johnson, Jubal Early, Horatio Wright, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Sherman, and Mary Lincoln
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