For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

The background of Lincoln’s home life was ... “and if ever a person was converted Abraham Lincoln was.” So far as is known Lincoln did not corroborate this story, but he does say later ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the United ... Jefferson Davis or Uncle Sam lies beaten in the background Excerpt from book The Martyr President; Our Grief and Our Duty, J.

Studies Abraham Lincoln in relation to the historical period in which he lived. Analyzes his historical contributions and shows the Kentucky hills, Indiana backwoods and Illinois prairie country ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...