In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

In "Midnight on the Potomac," author Scott Ellsworth shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War.

Discover Lincoln’s life through 100 rare artifacts in a new exhibit and book at the Springfield museum, part of its 20th anniversary celebration.

The new movie “Lincoln” tells the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to pass the 13th Amendment amid the Civil War. But a recently published book written by a Princeton alumnus argues that ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...

These days, a noisy faction insists on the ardent Christianity of America's past leaders, as well as the supposed obvious compatibility of devout faith and unfettered capitalism. This faction, I'm ...

Michelle Brooks' latest book, "The Jefferson City Civil Pilots: From Lincoln University to Tuskegee Airmen," is a project she started nearly four years ago. After Brooks learned of a group within ...

On a Tuesday evening in the nation’s capital, a clock chimes loudly just as Harold Holzer is about to make a point. “There’s Lincoln, echoing,” Holzer says. The quip draws laughs from a crowd packed ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of time ...