The 1860 presidential election, which saw Abraham Lincoln win without Southern support, intensified divisions over slavery ...
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was a pivotal moment in American history, leading to Southern secession and the Civil ...
Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Actors John Floyd and Kaiyla Gross read letters written from Hannibal Cox and Annie Davis to President Abraham Lincoln. This event took place onstage ...
Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...
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The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...