Ribbon, "Union Forever"
notes: label: Description
content: In 1864, Abraham Lincoln ran for president against George B. McClellan in the midst of the Civil War. Much of the campaign took place during a low-period for Lincoln and the Union Party which they represented. However, this ribbon makes a bold and humorous statement, joking that the “Peace Commissioners” who might represent the Union are not actually peaceful negotiators, but Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Philip H. Sheridan, the Union’s three most successful generals who had little interest in pursuing a peaceful settlement. Lincoln ultimately won the 1864 election, with the help of recent battlefield victories by those three “Peace Commissioners.”
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.080
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.080
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 3 in; 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm