Islands.com on MSN

This Hidden Kansas City Is A Timeless Escape With Pre-Civil War Buildings And Historic Streets

Time stands still in this small Kansas town, where several historical sites significant to 1800s politics give visitors a ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSNOpinion

Commentary: Recalling America’s pre-Civil War struggle with slavery

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a ...
The Takeout on MSN

Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Drink Was Surprisingly Simple

Contrasting the tipples of the time, Abraham Lincoln's favorite drink was simple and totally on brand, and you can still sip ...
Jewish Journal

Abraham Lincoln’s Akedah

Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as ...

Abraham Lincoln letter seeking job for Black friend and valet now on display at presidential museum

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...
C-SPAN

Lesson Plan: 1864 Civil War Attack on Washington, D.C.

Author Robert Watson provided a short overview about the Civil War during the summer of 1864 and the near invasion of Washington, D.C., by Confederate forces. The National Civil War Museum in ...
CNN

Seven Civil War stories your teacher never told you

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...