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Next, on the civil war, a panel of historians and authors talks about factors that impacted lincoln Election Campaign in 1864. They explore lincolns expansion of president ial war powers and his relationship with both democratic and Republican Newspapers. They also debate whether the gettysburg address was the beginning of lincolns reElection Campaign and the impact of the soldiers vote. This hourlong event was part of the Lincoln Forums annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Good morning. I welcome everybody. I am honored to be here and hosting this panel or moderating this panel on the election of 1864. We have a terrific group of scholars here. Im going to introduce them very briefly, because theyre very wellknown to you, as members of the foru ....

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