In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a ...

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Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Our 16th president inspired millions. These rousing Abraham Lincoln quotes are just as relevant today as they were in his time.

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In early October 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation. "I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

THE SOLITUDE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN; Typical Reminiscences Illustrating a Life Whose Deepest Moments Were Lived Alone.

We have Lincoln wrong: Our greatest Lincoln historian explains his real Civil War motivations Too often, we settle for the idea that Lincoln fought to save a mythical union. He really fought for ...

ESCOLA: (As Mary Todd Lincoln) When you keep me off the stage, you make the whole world miserable. RICAMORA: (As Abraham Lincoln) God.