Lincoln led through crisis by aligning decisive action with a long horizon, turning the fight to save the Union into a moral ...

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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 ...

One hundred sixty-three years after multiple Southern states seceded from the Union rather than accept a new president who was hostile to slavery, the origin of the Civil War is looming over another ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

In “Abraham Lincoln’s Unchurched Faith” (Houses of Worship, Feb. 9), Allen Guelzo draws conclusions about Lincoln’s church attitudes without noting the president’s experience at the New York Avenue ...

Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Biden's great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show, linking the two presidents across the centuries. The court-martial ...

While addressing his supporters, the Republican frontrunner sarcastically remarked, "People say, how do you do it, sir? How do you do it? If you had it to do again, would you do it? Because, you know, ...