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“Wide Awake” in Tremont – Campaigning for Lincoln in the Coal Region in 1860

Posted on April 18, 2019August 28, 2019 by Jake Wynn

In the autumn of 1860, the Wide Awakes swept over Schuylkill County.

Posted in Politics, TremontTagged 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Coal Region, Election, Election of 1860, Pennsylvania, Politics, Republican Party, Schuylkill County, Tremont, Wide AwakeLeave a comment

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