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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)

John Hay, John George Nicolay

Read by Jim Locke, MaryAnn, Michael Fassio, Ciufi Galeazzi and Owen Cook · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Pope's Virginia Campaign (47:25)
Mexico (29:11)
Diplomacy of 1862 (29:01)
Mediation Declined (35:39)
Signs of the Times (43:25)
Emancipation Proposed and Postponed (36:31)
Antietam (26:16)
Emancipation Announced (49:36)
The Removal of McClelland (41:20)
Fredericksburg (40:42)
Financial Measures (55:26)
Seward and Chase (36:55)
Perryville and Murfreesboro (40:48)
West Virginia Admitted (32:31)
Lincoln and the Churches (45:39)
Military Governors (21:13)
Colonization (24:56)
Missouri Guerrillas and Politics (52:16)
The Edict of Freedom (48:06)
Negro Soldiers (55:47)
Retaliation (34:32)