How did General Grant’s total war strategy affect the presidential election of 1864?

Grant’s strategy called for sustained military pressure on the Confederacy. Sherman’s capture of Atlanta in September 1864 was a major Union victory that boosted Northern morale and strengthened support for Lincoln before the election. The Democratic Party opposed the war’s continuation, so it did not make Lincoln its candidate, and Andrew Johnson was Lincoln’s running mate rather than an alternative candidate.

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