The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. The most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

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Winik instead uncovers insights into the war's causes by looking closely at a peace conference convened at a Washington hotel four weeks before Abraham Lincoln's March 1861 inauguration.

‘1861’ Review: No Compromise on Compromise Lincoln, worried that conciliatory overtures toward the South would appear weak, employed a preinaugural strategy of ‘masterly inactivity.’ ...

Mario Loyola, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, debates the state of American politics with the French publication ...

Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced uncertainty as Lincoln took office.

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: The American spirit.

His latest book covers the period of time that nearly led to its disintegration. In “1861: The Lost Peace,” Winik covers the lead-up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter.

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.