For President Abraham Lincoln, For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, 1860 vintage_city_map Brigadier General Louis Blenker

Brigadier General Louis Blenker

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An ecclesiastical portrait of the Black American clergyman who carried his miter to Port-au-Prince

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The faces are Union

For President Abraham Lincoln, For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, 1860 vintage_city_map Brigadier General Louis BlenkerFor President Abraham Lincoln, For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, 1860 a campaign broadside from the autumn the Union began to fracture, pairing the rail splitter from Illinois with the Maine senator on a ticket whose victory would, within months, summon the country to its bloodiest reckoning. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical