Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what ...

The claim: In 1861, 11 senators and three U.S. House members were expelled from Congress for refusing to acknowledge Abraham Lincoln's electoral win Amid reports that some House Republicans are ...

Lincoln, worried that ... Mr. Winik contends that the 1861 Peace Conference in Washington might have averted rebellion altogether had Lincoln and Congress embraced its recommendations.

The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. T he most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at rec ...

Lincoln arrives at Willard Hotel, Feb. 23, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln stands under cover at the center of the Capitol steps during his inauguration on March 4, 1861. By Andrew Glass 02/23/2010 ...

On that March Monday in 1861, Lincoln spoke to the ages: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be -enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Alan Guebert shares parts of an essay, written by historian Ted Widmer, that examines Abraham Lincoln's 1861 Fourth of July, his first as president.

The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of civil war. The Feb. 16, 1861, ...

The Pony Express was discontinued on Oct. 26, 1861, just two days after the first transcontinental telegraph was sent from California to President Lincoln in Washington, D.C. (Oregon Trail Museum ...

In “1861: The Lost Peace,” Winik covers the lead-up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter. The political intrigue leading up to 1861 rivals the battlefield action readers come to ...

Lincoln, worried that ... And Civil War readers may recall Adam Goodheart’s 2011 book, also titled “1861,” which similarly looked into the overlooked. Mr. Winik concentrates elsewhere, ...