By all accounts, Good Friday, just two days before Easter on April 14, 1865, was the happiest day of President Abraham Lincoln's life. It had most certainly been the happiest few weeks of his life ...

A statue of Abraham Lincoln is seen at the Lincoln Memorial on November 19, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Monday marks the 155th anniversary of Lincoln's historic Gettysburg Address.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In solemnity, thousands gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be ...

Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...

History Channel will accompany its Abraham Lincoln documentary with a short mini-series created with Ancestry. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV Plus Icon What To Watch Plus Icon Music ...

Abraham Lincoln Letter From Early Civil War Era Sells for $85,000. ... 1861, the short letter is addressed to Charles Ellet Jr., an American civil engineer and Union Army colonel, ...

Memmott: Talk was short, but yes, Lincoln spoke here. Jim Memmott. Last week, I wrote of the brief stop that Abraham Lincoln's funeral train made in Rochester in April 1865, ...

Few presidents have ever made a shorter inauguration speech. And none have ever said more. The second inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln in March 1865 is considered by some his greatest oration ...

An eyewitness account of Abraham Lincoln’s last hours. April 14, 2015. ... Intense grief exhibited itself on every countenance when I replied that the President could survive but a short time.

On April 30, 1865, Abraham Lincoln's funeral train, dubbed "The Lincoln Special," passed through Indianapolis on a 1,654-mile journey from Washington, D.C. to his burial site in Springfield ...

Abraham Lincoln was one of the most important leaders of the United States. Here’s a look at some lesser known facts about the 16th president.