Hi Everyone - Please join us for the next in our regular monthly series of free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures, entitled "The Election of 1864" on Tuesday, October 21st from 1:00 - 1:45 pm in Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building's John Muir Room. It is hard for modern Americans to believe that Abraham Lincoln, one of history's most beloved Presidents, was nearly defeated in his reelection attempt in 1864. Yet by that summer, Lincoln himself feared he would lose. The country had not elected an incumbent President for a second term since Andrew Jackson in 1832. Also, his embrace of emancipation was still a problem for many Northern voters. Despite Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg a year earlier, the Southern armies came back fighting with a vengeance. During three months in the summer of 1864, over 65,000 Union soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing-in-action. With the balance of the American Civil War hanging on a uncomfortable edge, President Lincoln needed military successes to secure victory over the Democratic challenger, George B. McClellan, the former commander of the Army of the Potomac. Please join Park Ranger Paul O'Brian as he examines how President Lincoln won in 1864. Was it General Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley? Or was it General Sherman's March to the Sea? The answers to these questions and more will be discussed in "The Election of 1864." All that are interested are invited. The John Muir Room is located in the basement level of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, adjacent to and towards the back of the Interior Department cafeteria. The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building is located at 1849 C Street, NW in Washington. Space for the program is limited so please go to the following link to register: https://docs.google.com/a/nbc.gov/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGgtcWo5SGpfN3VNNVFobVNSTThyaXc6MQ#gid=0 Please also note that we will be offering WebEx webinar access for this program. If you are interested in remote live access to this program, please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] You may contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] for more information about this program and/or directions. For more information about DOI Library resources and services, please visit the DOI Library's website, located at http://www.doi.gov/library. We hope you can join us in person or virtually on October 21st! George Franchois Director - U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library Office of the Secretary - Office of Facilities and Administrative Services (OFAS) 1849 C Street, NW, Room 2262, MS 1151 Washington, DC 20240 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (202) 208-3796 Fax: (202) 208-6773 Library URL: http://www.doi.gov/library OFAS URL: http://www.doi.gov/ofas