Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican ...

January 1: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation ... the states to protect all Americans' rights. It stops short of guaranteeing blacks the right to vote.

Geneva city document suggests that Abraham Lincoln had visited the town and spoken outside a former courthouse. Geneva ...

Lincoln's remains rested in a pagoda-style catafalque ... CHARLES PETTIT MCILVAINE conducted a short service for 9,000 people beginning at 10:00 A.M. Viewing began with the 29th Ohio National Guard, ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln ... cut his life short. On April 14, 1865 ...