For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

With the benefit of hindsight we know this but contemporaries were not so privileged. Northerners were war weary because there was little to show for lengthening casualty lists and no end to the ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the ...

Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County ... In 1860, Lincoln was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% of the vote. In the election of 1864, he ran ...

Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s opponent in the presidential election of 1860 ... THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Sep. 1864 (quoting Jefferson Davis). 40. Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Mar ...

“Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print” is on view through December 28—running more than a month before and after the presidential election on ... created for the 1864 Great Central Fair ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864. With Lincoln's support, Grant pursued a policy of total war ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864. With Lincoln's support, Grant pursued a policy of total war ...