Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)
by John Hay, John George Nicolay
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 6 chronicles Lincoln's life in early 1862. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Chapters (21)
1Pope's Virginia Campaign
2Mexico
3Diplomacy of 1862
4Mediation Declined
5Signs of the Times
6Emancipation Proposed and Postponed
7Antietam
8Emancipation Announced
9The Removal of McClelland
10Fredericksburg
11Financial Measures
12Seward and Chase
13Perryville and Murfreesboro
14West Virginia Admitted
15Lincoln and the Churches
16Military Governors
17Colonization
18Missouri Guerrillas and Politics
19The Edict of Freedom
20Negro Soldiers
21Retaliation
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