lincoln’s height was formidable, even before he put on his famous top hat. Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner during the Civil War in 1862. | Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain ...

More than 1,000 high-resolution photos connected to Abraham Lincoln are now available online. The images have previously only been seen by researchers.

Abraham Lincoln embodied everything that’s great about America: He was courageous, compassionate, wise and quite likely gay. “Lover of Men” (in theaters now) is a revealing new documentary ...

Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.

A statue of President Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago's Lincoln Park on Monday to protest an execution order he signed in 1862 that put 38 Native American men to death.

D URING America’s civil war, in 1862, Abraham Lincoln reportedly began sharing a bed with his bodyguard, a soldier named David Derickson. The tittle-tattle was recorded in the diary of Virginia ...

The USS Abraham Lincoln is no longer the largest aircraft carrier but it’s not far behind. Here is its homeport and how many crew members it has.

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The collection’s original owner is “appalled.” ...

If Abraham Lincoln still matters to Americans in the 21st century—and he does—a major reason is that there’s much at stake politically in how we remember him.

The author of a new Abraham Lincoln book on the 16th president's accomplishments and what he would think of Donald Trump. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe. Sections.

As a young lawyer and politician, Abraham Lincoln engaged in a duel involving swords. However, he was not the one to make the challenge; his rival did. The two men faced off on a river island in ...