Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. A self-taught lawyer with humble beginnings, Lincoln is best known for leading the country ...

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States. He led the country through the Civil War and worked to end slavery. His life was cut short early ...

Abraham Lincoln overcame some of the most profound challenges to the American experiment. He’s not just a ticket to a three-day weekend.

Abraham Lincoln and the “Black Republican Party,” as the Southern press almost universally referred to his political home, had supposedly placed a Black man a heartbeat away from the presidency.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois' prized papers of the 16th ...

IDAHO FALLS – Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was ...

Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner during the Civil War in 1862. | Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain At 6 foot 4 inches, Lincoln remains the tallest president in U.S. history. And ...

CNN’s Scott Jennings attempted the unenviable task of translating what he thought former President Donald Trump meant earlier in the day when he suggested Abraham Lincoln could have “settled ...

Abraham Lincoln became suicidally depressed after his best friend Joshua Speed moved out of the home — and the bed — they shared for four years, according to the new documentary 'Lover of Men ...

This conciliatory approach was reiterated in Lincoln’s famous second inaugural address on March 4, 1865. To bring about true peace, he called on all Americans to set aside hatred and revenge ...