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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln's life in early 1862. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais) (13 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Pope's Virginia Campaign

Mexico

Diplomacy of 1862

Mediation Declined

Signs of the Times

Emancipation Proposed and Postponed

Antietam

Emancipation Announced

The Removal of McClelland

Fredericksburg

Financial Measures

Seward and Chase

Perryville and Murfreesboro

West Virginia Admitted

Lincoln and the Churches

Military Governors

Colonization

Missouri Guerrillas and Politics

The Edict of Freedom

Negro Soldiers

Retaliation