Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 153775Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1862: From the Slough of Despond to the Gates of Richmond, Playing the Last Trump Card, The Soft War Turns Hard, The Emancipation ProclamationAuthor: Michael BurlingameNarrator: Sean PrattFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12:16:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 11-13-12Publisher: Ascent AudioGenres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, North AmericaSummary:Publishers Weekly describes this book as the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial. Publishers Weekly also notes, The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone. Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a profound and masterful portrait. I Expect to Maintain This Contest Until Successful, or Till I Die, or Am Conquered, or My Term Expires, or Congress or the Country Forsakes Me: From the Slough of Despond to the Gates of Richmond: (JanuaryJuly 1862): Cameron is replaced by Stanton. The president begins to supervise the army and take charge of his administration. By presidential order, McClellan is goaded into moving from a defensive position to an offensive. Instead of following Lincolns plan, McClellan chooses an attack on Richmond. McClellans indecisiveness and tardiness in battle have many pushing for a replacement. The Union suffers a crushing defeat in the Seven Days Battle. During all this, Willie Lincoln dies of fever.The Hour Comes for Dealing with Slavery: Playing the Last Trump Card: (JanuaryJuly 1862): Lincoln puts forward his proposal of gradual emancipation with monetary grants to participating states. Many criticize the plan as too expensive. The president proceeds to emancipate the District of Columbia. However, he is forced to revoke General David Hunters emancipation decree. Lincoln signs legislation extending political acknowledgment to Haiti and Liberia, approves an accord banning the African slave trade, and forbids the military to return slaves escaping from the South.Would You Prosecute the War with Elder-Stalk Squirts, Charged with Rose Water? The Soft War Turns Hard: (JulySeptember 1862): Lincoln carries out a strategy to replace the social system of the South. McClellans failures lead to him being replaced by General Henry Halleck. The army of Potomac is withdrawn to a new location. The Second Battle of Bull Run turns into a devastating loss for the Union. McClellan is put in charge of Washingtons defense, causing general disapproval. The bloody semi-victory at Antietam brings mixed feelings. Lincoln prepares a colonization plan in an attempt to make emancipation more attractive to Border States, Unionists in the Confederacy, and Northern Conservatives.I Am Not a Bold Man, But I Have the Knack of Sticking to My Promises!: The Emancipation Proclamation: (SeptemberDecember 1862): Lincolns announcement about the coming Emancipation Proclamation has severe Electoral backlash. Lincoln visits the Army of the Potomac in an effort to drive it to action. McClellans hesitance dries up the last of Lincolns patience. The president again urges Congress to adopt a gradual compensated emancipation. The Northern army is defeated at Richmond. Congress and the people grow disenchanted with the Lincoln administration. A cabinet crisis ensues. Allegations are raised against Seward. Many fear a coup d'état.

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