A previously unknown and unpublished Civil War-era letter from President Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the Raab Collection — and is being sold for $85,000. Here are details.

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump characterizes himself primarily as a dealmaker, frequently claiming that his greatest value is his ability to do “great deals.” That dealmaking aspect of ...

Despite being president for only four years—from March 1861 to April 1865—Abraham Lincoln was incredibly influential. From leading the nation through the dark days of the Civil War to writing ...

Although history records that the Civil War ended in 1865, Leroy believes “Lincoln won the war in 1862 … with the idea of Idaho.” He cites multiple bills he signed that year as an example.

No president has ever done so without Congress, Mr. Galston writes, citing President Abraham Lincoln ’s Civil War detention of Confederate prisoners.

President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday.

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

As Mr. Wolfowtiz notes, Lincoln’s “vision” and “genius” was that he understood how to heal a country that had been split in half by a horrendous civil war.

This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...