Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...

Watch a video of the creative team behind 3 Summer of Lincoln discuss the process behind adding music to Abraham Lincoln's ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

The film recounts the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his assassination at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...

Glenn LeBoeuf will discuss “The Rise of Abraham Lincoln” at the next meeting of the Col. Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table.

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

The New Bern Historical Society is set to bring Civil War history to life with its "Hallowed Ground Lantern Tour," scheduled ...

La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere musical digs deep into the experiences of Frederick Douglass and the freed Black slaves ...

Hannibal Hamlin served as VP during Abraham Lincoln's first term and notably urged the president to sign the Emancipation ...