Was sitting up on the hill and when he saw that happen, he knew he had lost the battle. Without the navy, without the ships to take his army south, there was no point in going on any longer. And so he recalled the army, and the next day they left. And they went back to canada. And the battle was over. He planned to come and fight again in the spring, but, of course, the treaty happened in between and the soldiers, the red coated soldiers were never seen again here in the United States. Abraham lincoln won reelection over Union General George Mcclellan in 1864 with more than 70 of the soldier vote. Some historians have argued that lincolns strong support from soldiers indicated that the troops also agreed with lincolns Greater Mission of emancipation. Next, author and professor Jonathan White argues that was not necessarily the case. Professor white says changes in the military command structure and the weeding of mcclellan backers helped engender such overwhelming numbers on the part o