Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

The claim: In 1861, 11 senators and three U.S. House members were expelled from Congress for refusing to acknowledge Abraham Lincoln's electoral win Amid reports that some House Republicans are ...

Lincoln, worried that ... Mr. Winik contends that the 1861 Peace Conference in Washington might have averted rebellion altogether had Lincoln and Congress embraced its recommendations.

Lincoln arrives at Willard Hotel, Feb. 23, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln stands under cover at the center of the Capitol steps during his inauguration on March 4, 1861. By Andrew Glass 02/23/2010 ...

The details of the manner in which President LINCOLN's life was preserved from assassination at Baltimore, while he was on his journey to Washington, in February, 1861, to assume the duties of his ...

The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of civil war. The Feb. 16, 1861, ...

Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced uncertainty as Lincoln took office.

The Pony Express was discontinued on Oct. 26, 1861, just two days after the first transcontinental telegraph was sent from California to President Lincoln in Washington, D.C. (Oregon Trail Museum ...

In “1861: The Lost Peace,” Winik covers the lead-up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter. The political intrigue leading up to 1861 rivals the battlefield action readers come to ...

Donald Trump’s second inaugural speech will be remembered as worse than 59 others, including his first.

Lincoln, worried that ... And Civil War readers may recall Adam Goodheart’s 2011 book, also titled “1861,” which similarly looked into the overlooked. Mr. Winik concentrates elsewhere, ...