On November 8, 1864, while in the trenches of Petersburg, the veterans of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry cast their votes for President of the United States. The result, at least as far as the regiment was concerned, was easy to project.
When the vote was tallied, 200 soldiers cast their ballot for the incumbent president, Abraham Lincoln, or 87% of those who voted. George McClellan received 30 votes from the ranks of the 48th PA. That year, Abraham Lincoln received nearly 80% of the total soldiers' vote.
Interetingly, in Schuylkill County, where most of the 48th PA was recruited, Lincoln received 7,166 votes as compared to McClellan's 9,244.
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Tuesday, November 4, is Election Day. . .
VOTE!
As a fan of your web site, I have been most impressed by your reviews of Civil War scholarship. I recently heard about a new book at Gettysburg which I am very interested in learning your opinion of. I believe it contains a new and previously unexamined aspect of the battle. It's called "Blue Dawn Over Gettysburg" by Joe DeSantis. Thank you and keep up the good work.
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