Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President ...

Originally of Quaker origin and of Pennsylvanian breed, the Lincoln family were ... requiring all the strength of body and courage for which young Abraham was already noted. To these was now ...

They also examine a large body of letters written by and about ... “The surviving evidence — the number of letters between ...

But images have been doctored for literally hundreds of years – including one of the most iconic portraits of Abraham ... Lincoln – quite literally the face of emancipation – sits atop the ...

In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, he argued that the war must lead to “a new birth of freedom” or it would have been fought in vain. Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical ... at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. His body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda before ...

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 grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...

A railroad car at Cassia County Museum once housed a traveling show featuring a mummy claimed to be Lincoln assassin John ...

Seven score and 18 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but consequential speech in Gettysburg ... A few days later, he developed a rash all over his body, followed by blisters. Although the ...