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A previously unknown and unpublished Civil War-era letter from President Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the Raab Collection — and is being sold for $85,000. Here are details.
On November 13, Justice Elena Kagan hosted the Supreme Court Historical Society’s fourth and final 2014 Leon Silverman lecture. Professor Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University was the lecturer.
President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War, it ...
Abraham Lincoln Letter From Early Civil War Era Sells for $85,000. The short, unpublished letter had been in the same private collection for at least a century before it was acquired by the Raab ...
OVERVIEW: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was defined by the Civil War. Before he even took office—and largely because of his election—southern states were seceding from the Union, and he would ...
News; Civil War conference: Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery evolved over his political career. Published: ; Oct. 15, 2011, 1:04 a.m.
This 2024 focus on the Civil War started when former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose state was the first to secede before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration all those years ago, failed last ...
The Civil War was all but over! The North had won! Read our story on the end of the Civil War. ... After an agonizing night, Abraham Lincoln died the next morning. He was 56.
How Abraham Lincoln’s foreign policy helped win the Civil War This moment demands more than headlines In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we’re committed to clarity, truth, and depth ...
The Lincoln Forum hosted a discussion among current and former college professors on their approaches to teaching Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era. Speakers included Craig Symonds of the U.S ...
Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Biden's great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show, linking the two presidents across the centuries. The court ...
The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. ... When Republican, anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860, ...