GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — History professor Gabor S. Boritt, a Hungarian immigrant to the United States who wrote widely about ...

This 2024 focus on the Civil War started when former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose state was the first to secede before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration all those years ago, failed last month ...

He may be known as the Great Emancipator, but Abraham Lincoln was first and foremost a party leader.

This 2024 focus on the Civil War started when former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose state was the first to secede before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration all those years ago, failed last month ...

T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

When Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. furnished the Oval Office after stepping into the presidency, he included a bust and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The Washington Post published a report by historian ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. One hundred sixty-three years after multiple Southern states seceded from the Union ...

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. ALA President, renowned historian and event speaker Michael Burlingame. • Michael Burlingame - Undoubtedly one of the world’s preeminent Lincoln experts, ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois' prized papers of the 16th ...