From Robert McNamara: Your Guide to 19th Century History
In the great election campaign of 1860, supporters of Abraham Lincoln called Wide Awakes organized themselves into marching units. Wearing capes and military style caps, they paraded, carrying torches, through the streets of northern cities.
The torchlight processions of the Wide Awakes presented a rare moment of youthful exuberance in a nation on the verge of the Civil War. Many of the young men parading in their Wide Awake campaign gear that fall would be marching in... Read more
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