President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a ...

We Americans believe we so fully understand Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to our nation’s beliefs about slavery and freedom that his role in shaping our uniquely American vision of a just and ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

This week, our nation celebrated the Fourth of July. It was not only an opportunity for families and friends to get together and enjoy fireworks and barbecues, it was also a chance to reflect on this ...

On April 26, 1865, Edward P. Doherty, one of the unheralded heroes of Irish American history, tracked down and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Most people will know the name ...

The US cannot claim innocence – political violence shaped its past and defines its present.

On his own land. That’s what Lincoln did during the American Civil War. When you look at it that way, you begin to understand the level of danger they’re facing right now on the battlefield.