Let’s finally kill that myth that several letter-writers are attempting to perpetuate regarding the cause of the Civil War. And we can let Abraham Lincoln settle it with his own words from his ...

These words have been written by Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize winning biographer in an essay about President Lincoln during the Civil War: The work of democracy is to lead a sufficient number of ...

In these difficult times, it is useful to remember the words of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most insightful and courageous individuals ever to serve as president of the United States. His second ...

Abraham Lincoln's 272-word Gettysburg Address is perhaps the greatest of all tributes to America's war dead. ... The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest of America's Civil War.

Trump Says Abraham Lincoln Should Have "Settled" Civil War. ... week that while he thought Abraham Lincoln might have been a “great president,” Trump always wondered why the Civil War ...

A previously unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln that offers insight on his management of the Civil War sold Wednesday for $85,000. The letter, dated Aug. 19, 1861—during the first year of the ...

Instead of the Great Emancipator, imagine as former President Donald Trump did, that Abraham Lincoln could have been the Great Negotiator. Maybe "The Art of the Deal — Civil War Edition"?

In recent weeks, historical sites and societies throughout the country have been marking the 151st anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln. In the Harry T. Peters ...

The news of the great battle at Gettysburg came to Abraham Lincoln by fits and starts. But when it was finally confirmed on the morning of July 4, 1863, that Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army had ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University ...

This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...

Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum The fateful 163-year-old document had been in an anonymous private collection until its purchase at auction by ...