The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

The only way we know of and learn about history is through preservation. Sometimes, that is in text—others in relics. These ...

The film recounts the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his assassination at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, ...

At issue: Ray LaHood, the former Illinois congressman who served as U.S. Transportation secretary, has signed on to a letter ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

Facing the crisis of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln drew on religious feeling to help galvanize the North—and to bolster his ...

Brill went further with psychohistory at the 1931 American Psychiatric Association convention when he gave a paper called ...

San Pedro Park marker honors first president of Union women’s group; readers asked to help track down a plaque dedicated to ...

Betty Gilpin is currently playing the titular character in the hit musical, which follows Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks ...

Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...

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