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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)

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 7 chronicles Lincoln's life from 1862, including the major battles in the American Civil War that year. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais) (13 hr 3 min)

Chapters

The Enrollment and the Draft

The Lincoln-Seymour Correspondence

Du Pont Before Charleston

Chancellorsville

Preludes to the Vicksburg Campaigns

The Campaigns of the Bayous

Grant's May Battles in Mississippi

The Invasion of Pennsylvania

Gettysberg

Vicksburg

Port Hudson

Vallandigham

The Defeat of the Peace Party at the Polls, part 1

The Defeat of the Peace Party at the Polls, part 2

Maximilian

Fort Wagner

Prisoners of War