Lincoln has close links to the armed forces and has regularly hosted military parades in the city centre A full Armed Forces Day event could return to Lincoln, the city council has said.

Union forces would make an attempt in November of ... at Fredericksburg did not go as planned, in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never before encountered.

"LINCOLN'S PEACE: THE STRUGGLE TO END THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR" by Michael Vorenberg (Alfred A. Knopf, 438 pages, $35). Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to ...

Four sections cover the battle itself, followed by one on the Confederate retreat. The final section looks at Lincoln’s famous address and later events memorializing the battle. Voices from Gettysburg ...

A full Armed Forces Day event could return to Lincoln, the city council has said. Councillors of all parties expressed their support for the event at a meeting on Tuesday to recognise serving ...