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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 3)

Public domain audiobook

Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 3)

by John Hay, John George Nicolay

English· 12:55:23· 26 chapters
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 3 chronicles Lincoln's life from his election in 1860 through April, 1861. ( Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    South Carolina Secession

    27:13
  2. Chapter 2

    Personal Liberty Bills

    31:40
  3. Chapter 3

    The Surrender Programme

    20:46
  4. Chapter 4

    Fort Sumter

    22:51
  5. Chapter 5

    A Blundering Commission

    20:14
  6. Chapter 6

    The Cabinet Regime

    22:58
  7. Chapter 7

    The 'Star of the West'

    24:25
  8. Chapter 8

    Anderson's Truce

    21:11
  9. Chapter 9

    The Military Situation at Charleston

    23:20
  10. Chapter 10

    The National Defense

    42:29
  11. Chapter 11

    The Sumter and Pickens Truce

    36:05
  12. Chapter 12

    The Cotton 'Republics'

    36:28
  13. Chapter 13

    The Montgomery Confederacy

    31:19
  14. Chapter 14

    Failure of Compromise

    33:33
  15. Chapter 15

    The Constitutional Amendment

    16:44
  16. Chapter 16

    The President-Elect

    38:02
  17. Chapter 17

    Stephens's Speech

    17:28
  18. Chapter 18

    Questions and Answers

    22:00
  19. Chapter 19

    Springfield to Washington

    27:16
  20. Chapter 20

    Lincoln's Secret Night Journey

    28:39
  21. Chapter 21

    Lincoln's Inauguration

    38:16
  22. Chapter 22

    Lincoln's Cabinet

    54:26
  23. Chapter 23

    The Question of Sumter

    41:03
  24. Chapter 24

    The Rebel Game

    34:15
  25. Chapter 25

    Virginia

    23:49
  26. Chapter 26

    Premier or President

    36:38