Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

"3 Summers of Lincoln" is the story of the three times Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass met in the summers of 1862, 1863, and 1864. Gabriel Greene, La Jolla Playhouse's Director of Artistic ...

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a rare portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on Friday, ahead of Lincoln’s 214th birthday. The nine-foot-tall portrait, painted by W.F.K. Travers in 1865 ...

A rare Lincoln manuscript sold for $3.4 million on Thursday at Sotheby's auction house. The 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of 195 young boys and girls was ...

Popular Manifestations for Mr. Lincoln. Share full article. Feb. 29, 1864. ... See the article in its original context from February 29, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat challenger Union Gen. George McLellan in the bitterly contested presidential election on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.

Abraham Lincoln, on this day in history, Nov. 21, 1864, supposedly sent sincerest condolences to Lydia Bixby, who allegedly lost five sons in the Civil War. The letter is not without controversy.

He thought everything was over. It was the summer of 1864, and Abraham Lincoln believed his campaign for re-election amid the Civil War was doomed: The president was to be defeated, his policies ...

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 1864. Ordered, that a draft for five hundred thousand men, to serve for three years or during the War, be made on the 10th day of March next, for the ...

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

How President Lincoln Stands the Test. Share full article. Nov. 18, 1864. ... See the article in its original context from November 18, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

President LINCOLN, in his capacity as head of the nation, has decided, and has done accordingly. It remains for the people, as the body of the nation, to decide and to do accordingly.