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This article tells the unknown story of a paramilitary group which forcefully supported Lincoln’s election throughout the North in 1860, long before the firing on Fort Sumter. To understand how the Republican Party elected their candidate, Lincoln, it is important to understand the aggressive political campaign tactics of the “Wide Awakes.”
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http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/lincoln/bibliography/articles/pdf/grinspan.pdf
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