Overview
This is the story of the 1860 election, and how a group of politically minded young men created a national political organization - the Wide Awakes - who marched by torch light and may have handed the Presidency to Abraham Lincoln.
This is the story of the 1860 election, and how a group of politically minded young men created a national political organization - the Wide Awakes - who marched by torch light and may have handed the Presidency to Abraham Lincoln.