In August 1864, Union morale about the Civil War was so low that Republican Party leaders, including Abraham Lincoln, ...

In 1831, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to deliver the boat cargo ...

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President ...

Container of (work): Blumenthal, Sidney 1948- Wrestling with his angel Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM Volume 1. 1809-1849. A self ...

The US has long fused politics and violence, often through firearms. To claim that such shootings betray ‘who we are’ is to ...

I came across this quote from a speech President Lincoln made in 1838 and it really resonated with me. All Americans should be aware that these thoughts hold true today more than ever and we must be ...

Illinois is known as the 'Land of Lincoln' because of Abraham Lincoln’s profound connection and political career there.