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 Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. T he most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at rec ...

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 ...

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. advertisement. Erie Times-News.

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 Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of civil war. News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Opinion Advertise ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump enters the President’s Room to sign official documents after being sworn in at the Capitol. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Although few presidential inaugural addresses ...