Battlefield Ballots: The Ohio Soldiers’ Vote in the 1864 Presidential Election

The 1864 election marked the first time Ohio’s soldiers could vote for president while in the field. Learn how these Buckeyes cast their votes on the frontlines and discover the role the soldiers played in this historic election pitting President Abraham Lincoln against his former army commander General George B. McClellan.

This event is included with museum admission and free to all Ohio History Connection Members. No registration required.

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• This Saturday, 13th December, 06:00 pm, Holiday Histories in Columbus
• This month, 27th December, 12:00 pm, Ohio History Center Kwanzaa 614 in Columbus
• Happening on, 2nd January, 10:00 am, Honoring the First Peoples: A Commemoration at the Octagon Earthworks in Newark