These experiences shaped Lincoln’s world view and resemble values that are ... Slavery was the issue that propelled the ...

On April 12, 1861, barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and the Civil War began. Lincoln acted swiftly, wielding more ...

Of all wars, none are quite so catastrophic as civil wars. They arise from the ugliest of disagreements, they spill into the most reprehensible of behaviors, and they seem never to have a distinct ...

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

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without ...

"Lincoln’s Peace" examines the difficulty in turning wartime victory into solving the political and social problems that led to fighting in the first place.

Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black volunteers ... compelling and almost immediately adopted their view. On March 13, he sent a letter to Louisiana’s governor ...

The two commanders sat across from each other; Lee in a tall caned armchair and Grant in a swivel chair with a padded leather back next to a small oval side table. They made some small talk before ...

In the past 23 years, the project has hosted several events related to Lincoln's life and legacy, including — since 2021 — the Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment. The event happens each June at ...

The Statehouse Museum Shop, on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse, offers copies of Lincoln’s Gettysburg and Second Inaugural Addresses, small statues of President Lincoln and Lincoln’s hat and a ...

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at Main ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery ...