Hunted a couple old farms today with Joel Shepard, first one I got a couple indians, 1898 and 1906, there was a 1909 wheat in the hole with the 06 indian. Not a lot of signals so we went looking for another place, found another old farm got permission and it was about the same....however I found one little eye popping token that made my WHOLE day, it is a 1864 Abraham Lincoln campaign token, oh yeah!!! and the condition is just amazing!!!!!!!!!! That is what the hobby is all about right there. Great day with Joel!
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Abraham Lincoln Campaign token!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Thread starter Goes4ever
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Thats one great find you got there! 
Abe's 2nd term re-election back then was at times in serious doubt as the War wasn't going all that great for the North. New York riots over the War, corrupt conscription policies, astronomical casualties, a string of decisive Confedrate victories in the East, arguably a stalemate at Antietam, martial law in some Northern border States, etc.
Gen. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and then Sherman destroying most of Georgia saved 'ol Abe's 2nd term in the end.
Gen. Grant's seige at Petersburg was the final nail for the Confederate States of America.
I'll bet that token is worth some bucks to the right collector.
Abe's 2nd term re-election back then was at times in serious doubt as the War wasn't going all that great for the North. New York riots over the War, corrupt conscription policies, astronomical casualties, a string of decisive Confedrate victories in the East, arguably a stalemate at Antietam, martial law in some Northern border States, etc.
Gen. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and then Sherman destroying most of Georgia saved 'ol Abe's 2nd term in the end.
Gen. Grant's seige at Petersburg was the final nail for the Confederate States of America.
I'll bet that token is worth some bucks to the right collector.
Jason in ID
Member
That's an awesome token! Great shape too. Congrats on another awesome find.
Jason in ID
Member
Here's a link you might be interested in: http://prestokens.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to the 1864 election and it talks about your token. From what I can see, it looks like you have the Fuld 132A variety. Congrats again!
Scroll down to the 1864 election and it talks about your token. From what I can see, it looks like you have the Fuld 132A variety. Congrats again!
E-Trac-Ohio
Well-known member
An off the charts find Terry - a real piece of history - congrats !
moonshine said:what an amazing peice of American history.... thats priceless.....
very very cool....
i wonder who he was running against in that election....
Interestingly enough it was one of his own Generals, Gen. McClellan who ran as a Democrat with a more or less anti-war platform.
Early in the war, McClellan organized and was the Commanding General of the Army of the Potomac. After the Union rout at 1st Bull Run, he led his some 100,000 man Army in one of the first major invasions into the South known as the Peninsula Campaign. His plan was to siege Richmond and capture it thus ending the war.
His plan seemed to work until Gen. Johnston then the Confederate Commanding General was wounded. This is when Gen. Lee entered the picture as Johnston's replacement.
McClellan was overly cautious and even though his Army was roughly twice the size of the Army of Northern Virginia he failed to utilize his resources mainly because he thought the Confederates had overwhelmingly strength due to faulty intelligence reports.
Gen. Lee on the other hand was an aggressive General who drove McClellan back in a series of battles known as the 7 Days campaign. McClellan ended up retreating back to Washington even though he won a decisive victory at Malvern Hill which was the last main battle of the Peninsula Campaign.
Later during the first major Confederate invasion of the North at Antietam (the bloodiest single day in American military history), McClellan again failed to use his resources which could of resulted in a decisive Union victory.
Lincoln demanded McClellan follow Lee's retreating Army into Virginia but that never happened. Lincoln lost all trust in McClellan and replaced him as Commanding General.
RandyNorthridgeca
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niterider_58
New member
Congratulations on a fantastic find 
utahshovelhead
Active member
wow that is a beaut! im sooooo jealous!
