About this book
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 2 chronicles Lincoln's life from 1856-1860. - Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Ann Boulais
Chapters (29)
1Jefferson Davis on Rebellion
2The Conventions of 1856
3Congressional Ruffianism
4The Dred Scott Decision
5Douglas and Lincoln on Dred Scott
6The Lecompton Constitution
7The Revolt of Douglas
8The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
9The Freeport Doctrine
10Lincoln's Ohio Speeches
11Harper's Ferry
12Lincoln's Cooper Institute Speech
13The Charleston Convention
14The Baltimore Nominations
15The Chicago Convention
16Lincoln Elected
17Beginnings of Rebellion
18The Cabinet Cabal
19From the Ballot to the Bullet
20Major Anderson
21The Charleston Forts
22The President's Message
23The Charleston Conspirators
24Mr. Buchanan's Truce
25The Retirement of Cass
26The Senate Committee of Thirteen
27The House Committee of Thirty-Three
28The Conspiracy Proclaimed
29The Forty Muskets
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