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Lincoln, Grant, and the 1864 Election

LINCOLN, GRANT, AND THE 1864 ELECTION

On Novemer 7, 1862, Lincoln gave the command of the army to General Ambrose Burnside. Burnside considered himself unfit to command the army, and in practice, this proved true. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Union Army reported 13,000 casualties while the Confederates had suffered less than 5,000.

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