A young visitor views a display of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Springfield, Illinois, on March 21. Reuters It's been 150 years since the end of the Civil War, but the words ...

OVERVIEW: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was defined by the Civil War. Before he even took office—and largely because of his election—southern states were seceding from the Union, and he would ...

On November 13, Justice Elena Kagan hosted the Supreme Court Historical Society’s fourth and final 2014 Leon Silverman lecture. Professor Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University was the lecturer.

A previously unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln that offers insight on his management of the Civil War sold Wednesday for $85,000. The letter, dated Aug. 19, 1861—during the first year of the ...

Over the weekend, Donald Trump basically said that Abraham Lincoln was responsible for causing, or at least not preventing, the Civil War (“Trump says Civil War ‘could have been negotiated ...

This 2024 focus on the Civil War started when former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose state was the first to secede before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration all those years ago, failed last ...

Civil War-era newspapers rarely listed a reporter’s name on an article. In the 1800s, each newspaper was considered a collective voice and reporters contributed anonymously to that perspective.

The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, ... Abraham Lincoln. 1809–65 Kentucky President.

But he comes to Washington a few times a year, and he had invited me over to talk about Abraham Lincoln. As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War ticks along, we’re hearing a lot about Lincoln.