Here’s journalist Edward Achorn at the 2023 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, PA, discussing how Abraham Lincoln won the Republican nomination for President of the United States at the 1860 Republican Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
The video’s description reads, “Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political nominee. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.”
Student of the American Civil War 