On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...

Speaking of throwing animals a bone, Lincoln once let a turkey off death row. You could say it was a pardon. Why did he do that? Why did Abraham Lincoln pardon a turkey? In general, Lincoln was a ...

The death of three children and her husband's preoccupation with political matters during the Civil War would only make matters worse. Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846.

CORONADO, Calif. — A San Diego-based sailor has been indicted for dealing a deadly dose of fentanyl that killed one sailor and nearly killed a second in 2023. According to the indictment ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death. By Hilarie M. Sheets Scott Kerr ...