as we already heard, they nominated george mclellan for president and george h. pendleton for vice president. mclellan had been very popular among the soldiers at the beginning of the war. he was the commander of the army in 1862 and the soldiers loved him. he was pro slavery, but he was also pro war. and so the democrats saw him as sort of a moderate pro war candidate. and they wanted to balance their ticket, so they picked george pendleton for vice president. and pendleton, as we've heard, was a copperhead from ohio, he was stride he not annt anti-war. what the democrats thought they were doing was balancing their ticket. we're going to have a pro-war candidate for president, we're going to have a pro anti-war vice president, we're going to have a balance, a broad appeal. then as we also heard, they made one very fateful error in their platform. they called the war a failure. and this decidedly anti-war term would come back to haunt them, because as we've also heard already, the very next day after they adjourned, sherman captured atlanta, and this very military

. >>> abraham lincoln won reelection over union general george mclellan in 1864 with more than 70% of the soldier vote. some historians have argued that lincoln's strong support from soldiers indicated that the troops also agreed with lincoln's greater mission of emancipation. next, author and professor jonathan white argues that was not necessarily the case. professor white says changes in the military command structure and the weeding of mcclellan backers helped engender such overwhelming numbers on the part of lincoln. this was hosted by the lincoln group of dc. >>> well, you're in for a treat. jonathan white, assistant professor of american studies at christopher

tv, we continue the look at the 1864 presidential election between abraham lincoln and general george mclellan, the former commander of the army of the potomac. university of virginia history professor elizabeth barron examines the election from the point of view of the confederates. this is a portion of the symposium by the lincoln group of d.c. >> it's my pleasure and privilege from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. this is an important topic to

tv, we continue the look at the 1864 presidential election between abraham lincoln and general george mclellan, the former commander of the army of the potomac. university of virginia history professor elizabeth barron examines the election from the point of view of the confederates. this is a portion of the symposium by the lincoln group of d.c. >> it's my pleasure and privilege from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. this is an important topic to address in the symposium so they don't forget the whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. they went on to teach here before coming to the university of virginia. the first two books were from a woman's point of view about women's opinions and activities in the south and in virginia. then the biography of a spy in richmond. they won many awards. her next book was on this union about the whole debate about the discussion about our possible union dating from 1789 onwards. most recently her book is on victory and defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war. that has won a nu