On This Day, Nov. 8: Americans elect Abraham Lincoln to second term

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five months later. In 1889, Montana was admitted to the union as the 41st state. In ...

This Day In History: President Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president

President Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War and played a major role in the abolition of slavery after ...
LimaOhio.comOpinion

Opinion: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery

British abolitionists recognized the contradiction in the colonists’ position. One of the founders of the abolitionist ...
Chicago Tribune

Hundreds attend Hainesville Civil War reenactment: ‘We need to learn the lessons of history’

About 350 people attended the Hainesville Civil War Encampment and Battle on Saturday, where they were exposed to everything from field surgical units to the singing master for morale as they immersed ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati's Civil War poets reflected the American spirit, gained respect from Lincoln

Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...
The Atlantic

The Lincoln Way

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair. Delivered in March 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War but after seven states had left the Union, it could hardly have ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

New app offers deeper insight into Ohio River's history from slavery to emancipation

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new app, developed with contributions from Dr. Eric Jackson of Northern Kentucky University, aims to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the Ohio River's historical ...
IGN

Negative backlash to Black samurai Yasuke also a factor.

Ubisoft allegedly scrapped early plans for an Assassin's Creed game set during the U.S. post-Civil War period, a report has claimed, with the decision made primarily due to anxiety surrounding the ...
RealClearPolitics

Chicago Mayor Johnson: The Right Wants A "Rematch Of The Civil War"

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced "ICE-free zones" in the city, "extending this protection beyond city-owned land," citing several examples of chaos caused by immigration enforcement. "We must ...
Publishers Weekly

Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation

McGrath (James Monroe) takes the long road to Gettysburg in this rambling group biography of Gen. George G. Meade, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and President Abraham Lincoln. McGrath first focuses on the men’s ...
WTOP News

Abraham Lincoln statue unveiled outside African American Civil War Museum

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...