A previously unknown and unpublished Civil War-era letter from President Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the Raab Collection — and is being sold for $85,000. Here are details.

A recently discovered letter written by President Abraham Lincoln that offers a glimpse into his thinking during the early part of the Civil War sold this week in Pennsylvania for $85,000 ...

Forensic linguists say they have likely unraveled the mystery surrounding a famous Civil War-era letter, long believed to have been written by President Abraham Lincoln. Historians have argued for ...

Forensic linguists say they have likely unraveled the mystery surrounding a famous Civil War-era letter, long believed to have been written by President Abraham Lincoln. Historians have argued for ...

Private collector donates missing Lincoln letter to National Archives. May 29, 2009— -- At the National Archives in Washington, D.C., inside a large bound book containing hundreds of ...

The date on the letter: Nov. 3, 1859, less than 2 years before Lincoln was elected commander in chief. He wrote to a man named Peachy Quinn Harrison, who came from a Republican family in Pleasant ...

Read two letters written in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War that are addressed to his military advisor, Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck.

The secret behind a mysterious letter sent by Abraham Lincoln to an associate named only as “my dear Sir” has finally been unravelled by a team of dedicated experts, more than 150 years later.

In 1928, the Atlantic Monthly reported on newly found love letters between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, his supposed sweetheart. Even biographers fell for the hoax.

Jonathan W. White, center, guest for MSU’s fourth annual Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture on Lincoln and Civil War Studies, receives an Abraham Lincoln print as a gift presented by MSU Interim Dean ...