Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the end of fighting between the Union and Confederate military. A display of the Civil War in 3D is on display at the Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum, 423 ...

One of the most defining episodes in US history, the American Civil War, still inspires directors all over. Its stories of ...

Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

The following is an edited, excerpted version of Maureen McKinney’s interview with her longtime friend Stacy Lynn, about the ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

Armistice Day in 1930 brought a massive crowd to downtown Spokane to see the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue at ... of Union soldiers from the Civil War, while some were still alive.

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...

That leaves our Green Gallery which holds “Now He Belongs to the Ages: The Lincoln Portrait, Matthew Brady, Benjamin Loring, Tioga County and the Civil War.” This is the exhibit that I have ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...