When the dispute between union vs. states’ rights erupted into the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through its greatest challenge. PRESIDENT Abraham Lincoln made it clear from the start ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

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 kind of ...