“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

A previously unpublished letter written by Abraham Lincoln reveals ... The letter, dated March 6, 1860, was written soon after a historic turning point in Lincoln’s life as it was sent just ...

Campaign Abraham Lincoln became president at the age of 52. Though Lincoln was involved with the Whig Party (which was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his use of presidential power) earlier on his ...

The political event which, of all others, they most deprecate, is the election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN to a second term of office. As it is with them, so is it with their Northern sympathizers.

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Two years later, in 1860, Lincoln was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Thanks to a deeply divided opposition ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer turned politician who won the presidential election in 1860. Abraham Lincoln was a staunch ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself.

Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham ... praised Lincoln’s abilities, he also insulted him as an ...

A Wilton auction house is offering a collection of more than 60 lots of items pertaining to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln ... The crown gem of the Lincoln collection is an ...