He survived the Holocaust and Communist rule in Hungary, arrived penniless in New York and made himself into a pre-eminent Civil War scholar.
He may be known as the Great Emancipator, but Abraham Lincoln was first and foremost a party leader.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — History professor Gabor S. Boritt, a Hungarian immigrant to the United States who wrote widely about the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln, has died. He was 86.
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Anne E. Marshall, Mississippi State Department of History professor and executive director of the Ulysses S ...
Local historian and avid memorabilia collector Robert F. Henderson joined members of the Southern Indiana Lincoln Community this past Sunday to ...
From Abraham Lincoln's patent to James A. Garfield's geometry proof, learn how these 19th- and 20th-century commanders in ...
Economist Robert Barro has questioned the necessity of fighting a war in this country to end slavery. In this week's Friday ...
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Lockport had become a fulcrum point for abolitionists, according to researcher Lindsey Minas.
The US military is poised to attack Iran after a massive, weeks-long redeployment of warships, bombers and personnel to the ...
History teaches that deception has its limits, as facts eventually surface. While a famous quote, often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, warns against perpetual trickery, its exact origin remains ...
An ambitious chronicle of the fight for freedom by enslaved Africans spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas ...
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