Confederate States Presidential Election, 1867 (The Guns of the South)

Campaign
During the campaign Forrest went on the stump around the Confederacy, while Lee remained at home. Until election day, Lee felt sure he would win. Forrest ran for president on the platform to continue slavery, while Lee promised to ease restrictons against blacks. Lee also went soft-line on the USA and made use of various issues, while Forrest just kept to his platform. The election came to ride on Tennesee, with the electoral College tied down 55-50. Eventually, several days after the election, Lee won it by twenty-five hundered