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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
- Chapter 1
South Carolina Secession
27:13 - Chapter 2
Personal Liberty Bills
31:40 - Chapter 3
The Surrender Programme
20:46 - Chapter 4
Fort Sumter
22:51 - Chapter 5
A Blundering Commission
20:14 - Chapter 6
The Cabinet Regime
22:58 - Chapter 7
The 'Star of the West'
24:25 - Chapter 8
Anderson's Truce
21:11 - Chapter 9
The Military Situation at Charleston
23:20 - Chapter 10
The National Defense
42:29 - Chapter 11
The Sumter and Pickens Truce
36:05 - Chapter 12
The Cotton 'Republics'
36:28 - Chapter 13
The Montgomery Confederacy
31:19 - Chapter 14
Failure of Compromise
33:33 - Chapter 15
The Constitutional Amendment
16:44 - Chapter 16
The President-Elect
38:02 - Chapter 17
Stephens's Speech
17:28 - Chapter 18
Questions and Answers
22:00 - Chapter 19
Springfield to Washington
27:16 - Chapter 20
Lincoln's Secret Night Journey
28:39 - Chapter 21
Lincoln's Inauguration
38:16 - Chapter 22
Lincoln's Cabinet
54:26 - Chapter 23
The Question of Sumter
41:03 - Chapter 24
The Rebel Game
34:15 - Chapter 25
Virginia
23:49 - Chapter 26
Premier or President
36:38