Abraham Lincoln is decisively reelected as U.S. president. This ensures that the National Unionists and Republicans will continue waging war to destroy the Confederacy and reunite the Union.
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The National Union Convention Adjourns
Delegates to the National Union Convention re-nominate Abraham Lincoln for president as expected. Delegates draft a platform dominated by the Republican Party, but they opt to replace the current vice president with a southern Democrat supportive of the war effort.
The National Union Convention Assembles
Republicans and some Democrats supporting the war effort gather at Baltimore’s Front Street Theater on the first day of a convention to decide who would be the presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the upcoming national election. The re-nomination of Abraham Lincoln is a foregone conclusion, despite initial dissatisfaction with his record as president.