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Abe Lincoln at Reenactment

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taken at a American Civil War Reenactment in Bushnell Florida, they required all participants to be period correct, even the vendors. The one thing that always bugs me is how new, clean the Uniforms, Tents and Equipment is. The North wears wool because the South had all the cotton, thus the south had very little wool for winter
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2043x2304px 1.85 MB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-TZ3
Shutter Speed
10/5000 second
Aperture
F/4.7
Focal Length
16 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Mar 14, 2009, 11:55:16 AM
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New Jersey was a Union state wrought with much social and political division during the war. The state was politically diverse - electing two governors belonging to the new Republican Party in 1856 and 1859. The following year, however, Republican presidential nominee Abraham Lincoln lost the state to Democratic opponent Stephen Douglas by more than 4,000 votes. Many in the state were reportedly sympathetic to the South, including politicians such as former governor Rodman Price, who stated, "I say emphatically that New Jersey should go with the South for every wise, prudential and patriotic reason." Although slavery in New Jersey had faded in the early 19th century, small numbers of slaves remained scattered throughout the state in 1860.

In an attempt to counterbalance sentiments favoring the South slavery, New Jersey Governor Charles Olden welcomed Lincoln to deliver a speech in February 1861 in Trenton en-route to his inauguration. The president-elect made known his resolve to preserve the Union evident although he hoped that cooler heads would prevail and war could be avoided. However, these hopes soon dissipated as tensions between the North and the South increased. Within two months, firing upon the Union garrison at Fort Sumter signaled the call to arms. :crying: