Civil War election cover
Object Details
- Description
- The state of Ohio created envelopes for the military to vote absentee and mail in their votes for both the presidential and state elections of 1864. This envelope, sent from a Union army field hospital, contained a tally sheet recording the votes of Highland County soldiers for the state election.
- Credit line
- Gift of Tadas Osmolskis
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1864
- Object number
- 2011.2061.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 15/16 x 9 in. (10 x 22.86 cm)
- Place
- Ohio
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 64
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2011.2061.1
