A Great Change
Summary
Middletown’s voters gave Abraham Lincoln eleven votes in 1860. They gave Lincoln three hundred seventy-nine votes in 1864 because citizens no longer fear abolition.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Valley Register
Publication Date: November 11th, 1864
Page/Column: 2C
Town: Middletown, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Slavery / Emancipation
- Politics
- Home Front / Effects of War
