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During the Civil War absentee balloting for the military was introduced for state elections. The pre-printed envelope seen here contained a tally sheet of votes from the soldiers of Highland County, Ohio, stationed at the Field Hospital 2nd Division 23rd Army Corps in Atlanta.
November 6, 2012 7:19 AM PST
Photo by: Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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