The primary issue during the campaign of 1864 was the Civil War and determining how it was going to come to a conclusion. President Lincoln's campaign focused on peace between the states and to keep the Union intact. Lincoln wanted to fight the war and win while his opposing candidate George B. McClellan wanted to cease fighting and negotiate with the Confederacy. When the Southern armies began having success even Lincoln feared that he was going to lose the election. Everything changed on September 6, 1864 when General Sherman seized Atlanta. The war turned in the North’s favor and with that Lincoln won the 1864 election. On April 14, 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated. Around 10 o'clock in the evening John Wilkes Booth, an actor and
