In a message dated 2/27/03 11:26:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Lincoln won
> close races in much of the North and might every well have lost in 1864
If Grant had been truthful about the casualties at Cold Harbor Lincoln most
likely would have lost. Grant's hiding of numbers killed at Cold Harbor
prevented the public from knowing about it...combined with a few victories by
Sherman northern voters felt the war was close to and end.
B Buser
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