Contrasting the tipples of the time, Abraham Lincoln's favorite drink was simple and totally on brand, and you can still sip ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

Author Robert Watson provided a short overview about the Civil War during the summer of 1864 and the near invasion of Washington, D.C., by Confederate forces. The National Civil War Museum in ...

Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...

In a quiet testament to his friend, Abraham Linc personally handled William Johnson's wages and paid for his coffin.

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...